Bob Dylan

Released: October 19, 1970

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

Producer: Bob Johnston

[Verse 1]
If not for you
Babe, I couldn’t find the door
Couldn’t even see the floor
I’d be sad and blue
If not for you

[Verse 2]
If not for you
Babe, I’d lay awake all night
Wait for the morning light
To shine in through
But it would not be new
If not for you

[Chorus]
If not for you, my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love, I’d be nowhere at all
I’d be lost if not for you
And you know it’s true

[Chorus]
If not for you, my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love, I’d be nowhere at all
Oh, what would I do
If not for you

[Verse 3]
If not for you
Winter would have no spring
Couldn’t hear the robin sing
I just wouldn’t have a clue
Anyway it wouldn’t ring true
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you

Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman May 24, 1941), is an American singer-songwriter, writer, and artist who has influenced popular music and culture for more than five decades. Dylan has especially played a critical role in the American folk music revival.

Dylan’s songs are built from myriad political, social, philosophical and literary influences. Many of his anti-war and civil-rights-influenced songs set social unrest, as journalists widely named him the “spokesman for his generation” in the 1960s.

The musician has a signature change in voice and style in many different albums of his throughout the decades. He has notably explored and experimented with the genres of folk, rap, blues, and rock.

more tracks from the album

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

From the albums

New Morning (1970)
Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II (1971)
Biograph (1985)
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (1991)
The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) (2013)

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Bob Dylan

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991