Released: June 26, 1975
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Bob Dylan The Band
Too much of nothing
Can make a man ill at ease
One man’s temper rises
Where another man’s temper might freeze
Now it's a day of confession
And we cannot mock a soul
Oh, when there’s too much of nothing
No one has control
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
When there's too much of nothing
Can cause a man to weep
He can walk the streets and like most and boast
Of what he'd like to keep
But it’s all been done before
It’s all been written in the book
And when there’s too much of nothing
Nobody should look
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
Now too much of nothing
Can make a man a liar
It can cause some men to sleep on nails
It can cause others to eat fire
Ev’rybody’s doin’ something
I've heard it in a dream
But when there’s too much of nothing
It just makes a fella mean
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
Can make a man ill at ease
One man’s temper rises
Where another man’s temper might freeze
Now it's a day of confession
And we cannot mock a soul
Oh, when there’s too much of nothing
No one has control
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
When there's too much of nothing
Can cause a man to weep
He can walk the streets and like most and boast
Of what he'd like to keep
But it’s all been done before
It’s all been written in the book
And when there’s too much of nothing
Nobody should look
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
Now too much of nothing
Can make a man a liar
It can cause some men to sleep on nails
It can cause others to eat fire
Ev’rybody’s doin’ something
I've heard it in a dream
But when there’s too much of nothing
It just makes a fella mean
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion
more tracks from the album
The Basement Tapes
- Tears of Rage
- Tiny Montgomery
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open the Door, Homer
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ain’t No More Cane
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
- Odds and Ends
- Million Dollar Bash
- Goin’ to Acapulco
- Lo and Behold!
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please, Mrs. Henry
- Too Much of Nothing
- Ruben Remus
From the album
- The Basement Tapes (1975)
Bob Dylan & The Band popular songs
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Tears of Rage
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ruben Remus
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) [Before the Flood]
- Lay Lady Lay [Before the Flood]
- Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 [Before the Flood]
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [Before the Flood]
- It Ain’t Me, Babe [Before the Flood]
- Ballad of a Thin Man [Before the Flood]
- I Shall Be Released [Before the Flood]
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right [Before the Flood]
- Just Like a Woman [Before the Flood]
- It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) [Before the Flood]
- All Along the Watchtower [Before the Flood]
- Highway 61 Revisited [Before the Flood]
- Like a Rolling Stone [Before the Flood]
- Blowin’ in the Wind [Before the Flood]
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)