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Temporary like Achilles - Bob Dylan
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('Blonde on Blonde' album)
StGanding on your window, honey, CYes I've been D7here before.G  
FeGeling so harmless, I'm lCooking at your D7second door.G  
D7How come you don't send me no regards ?G  
You know I wG7ant yCour D7lovin'
(no chord) G Bbo7 Ao7 G D7
Honey, why are you so hard ?
KnGeeling 'neath your ceiling, Yes, I gCuess I'll be hD7ere for a while.G  
I Gtryin' to read your portrait, but, I'm hCelpless, like a D7rich man's child.G  
D7How come you send someone out to have me barred ?G  
You know I wG7ant yCour D7lovin'
(no chord) G Bbo7 Ao7 G D7
Honey, why are you so hard ?
Like a Empoor fool in his prime, Yes, I know you can Bmhear me walk,
But is your Emheart made of stone, or is it lime,Bm  
Or is it just D7solid rock ?
Well, I rGush into your hallway, Lean agaCinst your D7velvet door.G  
I Gwatch upon your scorpion Who crCawls across your D7circus floor.G  
D7Just what do you think you have to guard ?G  
You know I wG7ant yCour D7lovin'
(no chord) G Bbo7 Ao7 G D7
Honey, but you're so hard.
CGhiles is in your alleyway, He dCon't want me D7here, He does brag.G  
He's Gpointing to the sky And he's Chungry like a D7man in drag.G  
D7How come you get someone like him to be your guard ?G  
You know I wG7ant yCour D7lovin'
(no chord) GBbo7 Ao7 G   D7  G7  
Honey, but you're so hard.
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The story behind the song

This blues number, from the double album Blonde on Blonde, captures a feeling of romantic frustration. The lyrics describe a narrator impatiently waiting for a woman he desires, who remains guarded by a figure referred to as "Achilles." The song incorporates elements of an earlier, incomplete work, "Medicine Sunday," and some interpretations suggest a reference to the Iliad. It plays like a lament for unfulfilled longing, tinged with a sense of helplessness against an unseen protector.

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