Released in 1966 The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed On the back of the fish truck that loads While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain

Released in 1969 Sources have documented that Dylan initially wrote “Lay, Lady, Lay” after being contacted to potentially provide music for the movie Midnight Cowboy, (Hoffman and Voight). Dylan dallied a bit too long to finish “Lay, Lady, Lay,” in time and the song that broke big from the soundtrack was "Everybody's Talkin" written by Fred Neil and performed by Harry Nilsson.

Released in August 1981 Recorded in Los Angeles and released on the Shot of Love Album. I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other time it's only me I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand

Born May 24,1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture throughout the world. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when songs such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements.

Released in 2002 There are many commentaries which suggest that the song is related to Dylan’s break up with his ex-wife, particularly because during this year Dylan also wrote "Sara".

Released in September 1997 I'm strummin' on my gay guitar Smokin' a cheap cigar The ghost of our old love has not gone away Don't look it like it will anytime soon You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Under the midnight moon

Released in 1963 It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind". (Wikipedia)

Released March 1965 Dylan's first Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Notable for its innovative music video. The song depicts some of the growing conflicts between "straights" or "squares" and the emerging counterculture of the 1960s. It also refers to the struggles surrounding the American civil rights movement.

Questions were raised as to whether some of Dylan’s paintings are based on his own experiences and observations, or photographs that are widely available and not taken by him. Art critic Blake Gopnik defended Dylan's artistic practice, arguing: "Ever since the birth of photography, painters have used it as the basis for their works: Edgar Degas and Édouard Vuillard and other favorite artists—even Edvard Munch—all took or used photos as sources for their art, sometimes barely altering them."

Released in 1964. This song was often regarded as an anthem for change. In 1964 the US passed the Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The entire country was facing urban civil disorder, anti-war movements (Vietnam) and ghetto riots. The feminist movement included campaigns supporting peace and disarmament, equality in education and employment, birth control and an end to violence against women.

Released in 1989 Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground I can follow the path I can read the signs Stay right with it When the road unwinds I can handle whatever I stumble upon I don't even notice that she's gone Most of the time

Released in Cinderella, she seems so easy, "It takes one to know one, " she smiles And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style And in comes Romeo, he's moaning. "You Belong to Me I Believe" And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave" And the only sound that's left after the ambulances go Is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row