article_snippet.sent: It's hard to believe that his phenomenal 8½ minute allegory, which millions of Americans know by heart, is 44 years old.  
article_snippet.sent: Yet the encore number never loses the encore number transfixing allure.
article_snippet.sent: Like "Danny Boy" or "Streets of Laredo" or "Shenandoah," it's eternal.  
article_snippet.sent: the song is alive and joyful, yet fretful about a world gone wrong.  
article_snippet.sent: the song is a song that will never die.  
article_snippet.sent: A reverie for the ages.   
article_snippet.sent: The lyric remains a puzzle open to thousands of spirited interpretations.  
highlights_snippet.sent: The song, a talisman for its age, brings joy to people 44 years later .