Betydningen af you ain't going nowhere tekster?
Bob Dylans skrive- og indspilningssessioner med bandet (dengang kendt som Hawks) i Woodstock, New York, fra juni 1967 til oktober 1967, var kilden til mange nye sange, som Dylans forlægger sendte rundt som demoer til andre kunstnere, som de kunne indspille. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" blev skrevet og indspillet i denne periode og indeholder en tekst, der hentyder til, at sangeren venter på sin brud og muligvis på en sidste affære før ægteskabet. Den originale version, der findes på albummet The Basement Tapes fra 1975, blev indspillet med bandet (minus Levon Helm, der midlertidigt havde forladt gruppen på dette tidspunkt) i kælderen i deres hus i West Saugerties, New York, kaldet "Big Pink". Et første take optaget under Basement Tapes-sessionerne indeholder improviserede nonsens-tekster som "Just pick up that oil cloth, cram it in the corn / I don't care if your name is Michael / You're gonna need some boards / Get your lunch, you foreign bib". Dette alternative take blev udgivet i 2014 på The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete.
Starting in June 1967 and ending in October 1967, Bob Dylan's writing and recording sessions with the Band (then known as the Hawks) in Woodstock, New York, were the source of many new songs that were circulated as demos by Dylan's publisher for fellow artists to record. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" was written and recorded during this period and features lyrics that allude to the singer waiting for his bride to arrive and possibly, a final premarital fling. The original version found on 1975's The Basement Tapes album was recorded with the Band (minus Levon Helm who had temporarily left the group at this point) in the basement of their house in West Saugerties, New York, called "Big Pink". A first take recorded during the Basement Tapes sessions includes improvised nonsense lyrics such as "Just pick up that oil cloth, cram it in the corn / I don't care if your name is Michael / You're gonna need some boards / Get your lunch, you foreign bib". This alternate take was released in 2014 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete.
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere