 In his notes for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 – 3 , <unk> describes the song as " a typical combination of nonsense and fun , just for the hell of it , really ... " ; author Oliver <unk> likewise describes it as a " nonsense " song . Heylin writes that the lyrics " revolve around ' dear , dear , dear , dear , Santa Fe ' — intended to be both a woman 's name and the town in New Mexico . After five verses of rolling said words around , he moves on . " 
