Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is a song by Bob Dylan. First released on the album Blonde on Blonde in 1966, the song lasts 11 minutes and 22 seconds, and occupied the whole of side four of the double album.
Sara (born Shirley Marlin Noznisky; October 25, 1939) is the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In 1959, Noznisky was wed to magazine photographer Hans Lownds, during which time she was known as Sara Lownds. Sara married Bob Dylan at a quiet ceremony on November 22, 1965, and the couple had four children together. Their marriage has been cited by music writers as the inspiration for many of Dylan’s songs created throughout the 1960s and ’70s, including “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands“, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit“, “Abandoned Love“, and “Sara“. The 1975 album Blood on the Tracks has been cited by many as Bob Dylan’s account of their disintegrating marriage; their son Jakob Dylan has said that the lyrics of the album are “my parents talking”. The pair divorced in June 1977.
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times, And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, Oh, do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last, And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass, And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass, Who could they get to carry you?
Sara Dylan is said to have inspired several songs by Dylan, and two have been directly linked to her. “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,” the only song on the fourth side of the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, was described by critic Robert Shelton as “virtually a wedding song for the former Sara Shirley N. Lownds.” In “Sara” from the 1976 album Desire, Dylan calls her a “radiant jewel, mystical wife.” Shelton writes that with this song, “Dylan seems to be making an unabashed confessional to his wife. A plea for forgiveness and understanding.
High fever, walking around like a zombie, thinking about what the hell happened and your reactions
you saying that its part of ‘real love’ to be able to rant to ones loved one
I listened to so many of your rants
and now I’m ill and where are you now?
I get a louzy ‘get well” response and thats about it.
You seemingly having a loveswitch wich you have put on ‘off’
how amazing and convinient
In your eyes Im already some dead ex in your past
one of so many.
You ranted to me that I dont know what love is-
you do, I assume
talking about somebody like shes already dead
“I will remember you like this”
you dont even have a sec to answer a mail or textmessage.
yes. A great display of love.
or even just being civil for that matter.
Love love love.
Love is also there when its not convinient and when you dont want it or need it.
its not some nice gadget.
well whatever.
External links:
Sara Lownds (Wikipedia)
Bob Dylans love life has proved to be every bit as complex as his legendary songs (Belfast Telegraph)