Everything is Broken
President Obama tweeted out his reading recommendations for the summer. He also included his summer listening favorites and one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs is on it:
Everything is Broken
“Broken lines, broken strings
Broken threads, broken springs
Broken idols, broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds.
Ain’t no use jiving, ain’t no use joking
Everything is Broken.
Broken bottles, broken plates
Broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts
The streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words, never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken.
Seems like every time you stop and turn around and something else just hit the ground.
Broken cutters, broken saws
Broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you’re choking
Everything is broken.
Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools
People bending broken rules
Hound dog howling
Bull frog croaking
Everything is broken.”
It’s funny to me because I heard that song about a week before President Obama’s list came out and I thought:
“Perfect song for the mess we’re in.”
Dylan always had a way to capture a feeling and it’s timeless.
It’s a great song.
Wish it didn’t apply to our freaking Democracy.
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