Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed Lyrics

Bob Dylan Lyrics

"Things Have Changed"
(from "Wonder Boys" soundtrack)

A worried man with a worried mind
No one in front of me and nothing behind
There’s a woman on my lap and she’s drinking champagne
Got white skin, got assassin’s eyes
I’m looking up into the sapphire-tinted skies
I’m well dressed, waiting on the last train

Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I’m expecting all hell to break loose

[Chorus:]
People are crazy and times are strange
I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range
I used to care, but things have changed

This place ain’t doing me any good
I’m in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
Gonna take dancing lessons, do the jitterbug rag
Ain’t no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag
Only a fool in here would think he’s got anything to prove

Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too
Don’t get up gentlemen, I’m only passing through

[Chorus]

I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road
If the Bible is right, the world will explode
I’ve been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
Some things are too hot to touch
The human mind can only stand so much
You can’t win with a losing hand

Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
Putting her in a wheelbarrow and wheeling her down the street

[Chorus]

I hurt easy, I just don’t show it
You can hurt someone and not even know it
The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
Gonna get low down, gonna fly high
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
I’m in love with a woman who don’t even appeal to me

Mr. Jinx and Miss Lucy, they jumped in the lake
I’m not that eager to make a mistake

[Chorus]

Submit Corrections

Writer(s): Bob Dylan

This song was written by Bob Dylan for the film "Wonder Boys" (2000). It was released as a single on the 1st of May 2000. These lyrics make reference to "dancing lessons", "the jitterbug rag" and dressing "in drag", all of which are featured in the film.

The musicians who accompanied Bob Dylan in the studio while recording this track were his touring band at the time: Charlie Sexton and Larry Campbell on guitar, Tony Garnier on bass and David Kemper on drums.

David Kemper, who played drums on this recording, has said, "We were touring and had a day off in New York. Bob said, 'Tomorrow let's go into the studio. I got a song I want to record.' We went in and played 'Things Have Changed' with only an engineer. We did two takes. The first was a New Orleans thing. The second was what you hear."

Sound engineer Chris Shaw has confirmed that there was another version of this song, which "was really great, which had a kind of New Orleans shuffle to it". He hoped to include this unreleased version on Volume 8 of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series, "Tell Tale Signs", but the studio recording could not be located and it was replaced by a live version recorded in Portland, Oregon, on the 15th of June 2000.

This track won the Academy Award for "Best Original Song" and the Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song".

"Things Have Changed" lyrics

Bob Dylan Lyrics