Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Bob Dylan's rhyming techniques have always been a mystery.... Especially in this song.

I will never forget the first time i heard this song.....
My Freshman year of highschool, my dad was driving me to school one morning. The drive to school was always filled with good music playing really loud in our little black VW cabrio, o how i miss that car! My father used to make mix cd's to listen to on his commute to work (yes this was before ipods were alive). "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by Bob Dylan came on. I really liked the song from the start. I started listening to the lyrics and thought they were pretty catchy, that was until i heard this.....

"It ain't no use in turning on your light babe, the light i never knowed."
"And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe, I'm on the dark side of the road"

NEVER KNOWED??? WHAT?! Knowed isn't even a word... once i heard those lyrics my dad and i burst out laughing so hard. I asked him what never knowed was supposed to mean, and all we could really come up with was that Dylan must have really needed something to rhyme with road so he picked knowed. Bob Dylan's so cool he makes up his own words!
I must say...... after that, i become a devoted Bob Dylan fan for life. This was definitely the song that hooked me!
I was sitting around with my family over Thanksgiving and this song came on... my mother, father and i started laughing immediately!! instant laugh memory forever!
Thank You Bob, Thank You!

~Penny Lane