I was listening to Blonde on Blonde last night and, while it has more than a few great songs, the one that really does it for me is 'Visions of Johanna'. Perhaps because it's not so obvious like his songs that get/got all the radio play? Is it the incredible lyrics? The perfectly composed melody? It's all those things, and I really can't think of another Dylan song that can match it, although so many others come close.

In the empty lot where the ladies play blind man's bluff with the key chain
And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the D-train
We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight
Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane
Louise she's all right she's just near
She's delicate and seems like the mirror
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
That Johanna's not here
The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face
Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place.


How about you?