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Absolutely Sweet Marie
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 1966 double album "Blonde on Blonde". The song is an exuberantly up-tempo number.
Song and background.
During a 1991 interview published in Paul Zollo's book "Songwriters on Songwriting, Expanded Fourth Edition" (New York: Da Capo Press, 1997), Dylan gives an idea of how he sees the song in his explanation of a line about a "yellow railroad":
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Absolutely Sweet Marie" was recorded on March 8, 1966, in Nashville, Tennessee. Only two complete takes of the song were recorded, the second being the master. The first take was released on "" in 2015.
Dylan did not perform "Absolutely Sweet Marie" live until 1988, and has intermittently played it since, including during a session for his MTV Unplugged appearance.
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The song contains the phrase "To live outside the law you