A few notes on "God Knows" by Bob Dylan
God Knows , o ne of Bob Dylan's best songs in the modern era, is featured on 2008's "Tell Tale Signs", a collection of unreleased songs and alternative versions cut by Bob from 1989 to the (basically) present (the song is also on 1990's Under a Red Sky , but the T ell Tale Signs version is much better). I made the decision to include this song on my list of the best of Bob Dylan songs in the modern era. If you'd like, you can review that list here and here. In my initial "blurb", I wrote that God Knows " details the variances of feelings on earth from the perspective of an eternal and unchanging sun". True enough, maybe, but I began thinking more about the phrase "God Knows". FIRST: Oftentimes, the phrase "God Knows" is meant as a verbal prelude to a statement regarding desperate need. "God Knows" I need a job. "God Knows" I need a change of scenery. And so on. In f...