Released: August 8, 1964
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Tom Wilson (producer)
[Verse 1]
I can't understand
She let go of my hand
And left me here facing the wall
I’d sure like to know
Why she'd go
But I can't get close to her at all
Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime
She said she would never forget
But now morning’s clear
It’s like I ain't here
She acts like we never met
[Verse 2]
It’s all new to me
Like some mystery
It could even be like a myth
But it’s hard to think on
That she’s the same one
That last night I was with
From darkness, dreams are deserted
Am I still dreaming yet?
I wish she’d unlock
Her voice once and talk
'Stead of actin' like we never have met
[Verse 3]
If she ain't feelin' well
Then why don’t she tell
'Stead of turnin' her back to my face?
Without any doubt
She seems too far out
For me to return to or chase
Well her skirt it swayed
As the guitar played
Her mouth was watery and wet
But now something has changed
For she ain't the same
She just acts like we never have met
[Verse 4]
If I didn’t have to guess
I’d gladly confess
To anything I might’ve tried
If I was with her too long
Or have done something wrong
I'd wish she’d tell me what it is, I’ll run and hide
Though the night ran swirling and whirling
I remember her whispering yet
But evidently she don’t
Evidently she won’t
She just acts like we never have met
[Verse 5]
I’m leavin' today
I’ll be on my way
Of this I can't say very much
But if you want me to
I can be just like you
And pretend that we never have touched
And if anybody asks me
“Is it easy to forget?”
I’ll say, “It’s easily done
You just pick anyone
And pretend that you never have met!”
I can't understand
She let go of my hand
And left me here facing the wall
I’d sure like to know
Why she'd go
But I can't get close to her at all
Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime
She said she would never forget
But now morning’s clear
It’s like I ain't here
She acts like we never met
[Verse 2]
It’s all new to me
Like some mystery
It could even be like a myth
But it’s hard to think on
That she’s the same one
That last night I was with
From darkness, dreams are deserted
Am I still dreaming yet?
I wish she’d unlock
Her voice once and talk
'Stead of actin' like we never have met
[Verse 3]
If she ain't feelin' well
Then why don’t she tell
'Stead of turnin' her back to my face?
Without any doubt
She seems too far out
For me to return to or chase
Well her skirt it swayed
As the guitar played
Her mouth was watery and wet
But now something has changed
For she ain't the same
She just acts like we never have met
[Verse 4]
If I didn’t have to guess
I’d gladly confess
To anything I might’ve tried
If I was with her too long
Or have done something wrong
I'd wish she’d tell me what it is, I’ll run and hide
Though the night ran swirling and whirling
I remember her whispering yet
But evidently she don’t
Evidently she won’t
She just acts like we never have met
[Verse 5]
I’m leavin' today
I’ll be on my way
Of this I can't say very much
But if you want me to
I can be just like you
And pretend that we never have touched
And if anybody asks me
“Is it easy to forget?”
I’ll say, “It’s easily done
You just pick anyone
And pretend that you never have met!”
more tracks from the album
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now
- Who Killed Davey Moore?
- Mama, You Been on My Mind
- It Ain’t Me Babe
- To Ramona
- Spanish Harlem Incident
- All I Really Want to Do
- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
- With God on Our Side
- Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
- I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Gates of Eden
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Talkin’ World War III Blues
- Silver Dagger
From the albums
Bob Dylan popular songs
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm