Bob Dylan - Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Official Audio) 

Some day this giant of a man won’t be around anymore. I just can’t wrap my head around that. If only I could wrap my arms around him one time to show him how much he’s meant to me. Love ya, Bobby. I’m sticking with you through and through…

While in college, I woke up one morning to The Jack of Hearts. Blood on the Tracks became my favorite album. Got married in 1983. Our daughter developed brain cancer, and was treated in Boston until she died at 5 in 1998 after a year. I drove back and forth from Binghamton to and from Boston. Time Out of Mind kept me company. And then, Dylan gifted us with this. My beautiful wife passed away in August. I almost feel like Dylan was a member of my family.

Sometimes when I'm having a bad day I sit alone by myself at 3am and listen to Bob Dylan, I'm 24 years old haven't even been around a fraction of the time as Dylan but something about his music reaches through all the time and space and connects with me and so many others in such a profound way I will be forever grateful for that Bob Dylan changed the way I see things forever

If this is Dylan’s last album what a perfect way to end 60 years of greatness (I really hope we get one more album)

I believe this to be one of Bob Dylan's finest. He has kept me going for quite a few years I am an eighty-year-old man lost down here in Mexico. I just could not make it in the state's any longer I know he will never read this but if it wasn't for him I would have already been gone thank you Bob Dylan for all your great work

This song could last forever. It starts, it flows, and it keeps running in your blood like it was part of yourself since the day you were born til the day of your death. It was already there, but we didn't knew it yet.

this song its a massive masterpiece. Im 29 and i didnt want to miss the opportunity of watch Bobby in live, so i was to Paris alone to watch him. It was absolutely amazing. I will never forget this day.

We've all lived during Bob Dylan's lifetime. That's some honour.

The most remarkable thing about Dylan is that his later writing is as good as his earlier writing. Usually, even the greatest artists are unable to sustain the quality of their early years - they might still produce some really good work but the consistency isn't there. Dylan is the rare exception. He has a unique gift. Many people write well in their early years, but who else has ever sustained it for seven decades?

I'm Russian 🇷🇺 and Bob Dylan songs helped me learn English so much. I listen to this every night and my mind relaxing... Such a masterpiece! 👍🤠 Bravo 👏 Bob!!!!!

The best poet and songwriter of all time for me. I’m from England and fell in love wth Bob when I was 11. I’m 57 now. “ I don’t love nobody. Give me a kiss “ ❤ “ There were golden fringes on her wedding dress” ❤️ Spent a lot of time in the Keys and the lull and momentum of this song reminds me of the sleepy, calm and happy life. Down on the bottom ❤️

The more often you hear Rough and Rowdy Ways, the deeper these songs sink into you. become a part of you. This category doesn't exist at Grammy's.

Tempest was a good album. This one is a masterpiece. One more cup of Dylan for the road. Incredible. The singer of our lives. The voice of millions.

You could walk alone down a long and winding road, swim across the seven oceans, climb a steep snowy mountain with a smile on your face if you had Bob Dylan singing the song in your ears,

Key west sounds like a magical place

Didn’t think it was possible, but he’s improved with age. Greatest songwriter the world’s ever known imho.

Just shared this song with my friend of 57 years. We’ve been following Bobby for over 50 years.

Can you imagine the pressure of writing good songs after winning the Nobel Prize?. Most would have cracked. But he delivered. Big time.

Never say never. Bullshit ! No one will come close to Dylan. NEVER. So Blessed are we that Bob had a good radio when he was a kid in Minnesota. Pick up those southern stations that resonated through his person. Funny aint it how some ignorant critics miss this genius ?

My husband and I saw Bobby Dylan last year in Rough and Rowdy tour. It was very significantly opportunity for both of us. This year my husband has stage 2 b. of pancreatic cancer it is rough for us. The the previous Chemo almost kill him, but he fights back he always say " I have to make it, because I want to see Bobby Dylan on tour again.

This got me through the Covid pandemic

As a 59 year old lifetime Dylan fan, this entire album continues to move me beyond words. More so each listen. Especially this song for many personal reasons (and I'm certain many others share it). It's a sad time we live in when Dylan's latest masterpiece is not even considered in the 2020 Grammy awards considering the insane trash that was. Bob Dylan is an international treasure and still making the best music and poetry of the next century!

A rolling Stone gathers moss in key west

Already in the pantheon of Dylan's greatest songs. This is the third part of a trilogy: After the Lowlands and the Highlands, he's now given us the Flatlands.

Dylan writes about truth--and truth can be beautiful even when it's ugly because reality beats fantasy every day.

6 stars for the best poet ever. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The entire album is fantastic. Dylan is an icon. His songs are a legacy to humanity.

Gobsmacked. He's surpassed himself. Extraordinary album. I don't remember enjoying a Friday this much before.

Album of the year, king.

If I commented here before now, I've forgotten. I play this album everyday. Over and over. I still can't get my jaw off the floor. I play his other albums too. This is bigger than I can wrap my little head around. It's bigger and beyond. Suffice to say, I'm pretty happy.

Key West is under the sun, under the radar and under the gun... is the land of light

The despair and the slow abandonement combined with that good old Dylan' charm makes this song shine. At the age of 79. Waw. Amazing

I lost my best friend this year, and we walked along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico many times. Thanks Bob for this song, everytime I listen to it my how the tears fall. Martin and you Bob are and always will be the best. Thank you.

Been a huge Bob fan since my buddy Greg played me 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' in the school cafeteria in Grade 9 - the poetry of that song completely blew me away and sent me down the Bob Dylan rabbit hole, where I've been happy ever since. The whole album is brilliant, but this is my favourite track by far - I could listen to this all day, preferably with that day ending in a sunset over the water somewhere. Bob Dylan is a gift for our collective soul - we're infinitely richer for having shared his time on this planet.

Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan: the greatest artists forever and always. Their music and voices will proclaim the Kingdom of God on His holy, terrifying, and awesome day.

It's an honor to witness one of the greatest musician of all time.

"People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness" It's hard, though, but I'll try.

To me, this is some of Dylan’s best poetry, he is profound, old, and wise.

A great Bob Dylan song should make you cry,this one does that and so much more.There's nothing else like Dylan...there wasn't then and there isn't now.The man knows how he feels.....and he sings it out.......

A Nobel Prize winner, one of most deserving poets...

This is Album is quickly becoming one of my favourite Dylan albums, Im so blessed to have been introduced to Dylans Music 42 years ago.

Best song on a masterpiece of an album

He certainly still has IT. I'm 72 and this challenges "Blood on the Tracks." Amazing stuff.

This song is tremendous, beyond words. This song is life.

Anybody who gave this song a downvote, "Stay away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed."

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the last great American record. It's ssssooooo good. No one will be able to replicate what this man has done.

I get the feeling that Key West and the people and places mentioned in this song are part of a 'lost era' of America. An America that could have been. An America that was slowly being eroded away from the beginning of the 20th century and was truly lost after the murder of JFK. Key West is the 'land of light', 'innocence and purity' 'the enchanted land'. After JFK's murder (it was 'like a human sacrifice') the 'age of the Antichrist' began. The 'soul of a nation been torn away', going 'into a slow decay' now it's 'thirty-six hours past judgement day'. Key West is at once a real place and a mythical place in the mind of the philosoher pirate, a truth seeker and free thinker from the 'wrong side of the railroad tracks'. A place to seek inspiration and love. A retreat, a hiding place, a refuge from the Land Of Oz, Babylon, the ever encroaching post-modern soulless new world where you will lose your mind. Key West, a place where his heroes, predecessors and now dead contemporaries live on and which he will never abandon even it 'might not be the thing to do' ('i'm sticking with you, through and through') because he has his 'feet planted square on the ground'. Key West is the philosoher pirate's Elysian Fields.

Been with Dylan for a lifetime..1962, I'm in high school in Philly. This guy a year older was always running away from home and school, only to return a week or 2 later. So, one time he comes back, and we're in the cafeteria and he's telling us about his last adventure..He was in New York City, in Greenwich Village, slept in an alley, went to a little club and saw this singer/guitar player..Said "he's gonna be the next big thing..his name is Bob Dylan." A year or two later I was buying and living on Dylan records.

Not sure why I love this song, but I do.

He moves me. I can't ask for that but he does. Cheers mate. The Song and Dance man. Walking side by side with you all my life but I don't know who you are. You helped me work out who I am.

i sat on the beach on the edge of the sea ,wave after wave crashed on the shore . I thought for the last 50 years dylans conciousness has been hitting me without pause. A life source of profound intensity What an incredible achievment The intensity goes on and on

You did it again Sir. this song is out of this world. You have probably saved more peoples lives do to your music than most doctors

I’ve learned more from Bob Dylan than I ever did from a college professor.

Beautiful, contemplative, tender…and a touch of melancholy. A perfect pace, a perfect song

This is a stunning work of art. No one ever like Dylan

Dylan's right, he is the best.

The best I’ve heard Bob’s voice since “Most of the Time.” Bravo, Master.

It’s such an honour to have witnessed bob

This is the best track on RRW. That's why he saved it for the end

There’s Dylan then there’s everybody else

Western consciousness would not be what it is today without Dylan A life lived with dedication and creative to his core , We owe him so much .!! He never did live in the land of ozz. He was advised to"show a little tenderness" I reckon he just did .

Dear sweet man we love you.

This song always makes me emotional for some reason... My favourite from this album Greetings from Lisbon 🇵🇹

Like a Rolling Stone is a young man's masterpiece. Key West is the masterpiece of an old man. And he has captivated us for all the years in between. I am grateful.

I've never been to Key West but I'm going. I don't know what I expect to find but when I get there I'll tell them Bob sent me.

Tom Petty might well say, "The Bobness has outdone his self"!! Well done Mr Dylan!!

Just like entering a SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE. This stuff is from another time, another universe. Bless you, Master.

The most beautiful song for the most beautiful Night. Merry Christmas.

He was in Milwaukee last night. It was amazing! He made me cry several times!

mesmerising song I listen to it several times a day... Dylan is not only a prophet and poet but also a great singer...

Happy to be alive for this, thanks Bob!

It took a long, long time, but Bob can really sing now, he's not just shouting. Thanks Bob for this late-era absolute masterpiece.

... the Man did it Again, picked up that Pirate Radio signal, clear as can be ...

Bob Dylan , thank you for existing ! ! ! !

Even if you can afford to wrap it up in key west....even if you lived a good life..or a not so good life...key west is key west. The end isnt easy.

He's a genius. A true poet

This Song is a Masterpiece

Man...each of these songs just build and build...and Bob seems to be summing things up, intoning names, places, moments in (and out) of time...I know I've missed 95% of it, but the 5% I got has my hands shaking. 60 years of listening to great music and poetry, but this...this is something else.

WESTERN CONSCIOUSNESS LEAPT FORWARD WHEN DYLAN SHONE HIS LIGHT AND ARTICULATED HIS CONCEPTS OF REALITY WITHIN SOCIETY AND OUTSIDE OF IT SIXTY YEARS AGO .. iN THIS SONG HE IS TOLD TO SHOW A LITTLE TENDERNESS WELL HE SURE DID THAT . HIS SOUL NOW LAID BARE FOR ALL TO SEE, REMARKABLE . THANKS MATE

"Key West is the gateway key to innocence and purity" -- I think we need more of that in today's world.

Lyrics: McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall Say it to me, if you got something to confess" I heard all about it, he was goin' down slow I heard it all, the wireless radio From down in the boondocks, way down in Key West I'm searching for love, for inspiration On that pirate radio station Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest Radio signal, clear as can be I'm so deep in love that I can hardly see Down on the flatlands, way down in Key West Key West is the place to be If you're looking for immortality Stay on the road, follow the highway sign Key West is fine and fair If you lost your mind, you will find it there Key West is on the horizon line I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac Like Louis and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest Well, it might not be the thing to do But I'm sticking with you, through and through Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West I got both my feet planted square on the ground Got my right hand high with the thumb down Such is life, such is happiness Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here If you wear one, put it behind your ear Down in the bottom, way down in Key West Key West is the place to go Down by the Gulf of Mexico Beyond the sea, beyond the shifting sand Key West is the gateway key To innocence and purity Key West, Key West is the enchanted land I've never lived in the land of Oz Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause It's hot down here, and you can't be overdressed China blossoms of a toxic plant They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West Well, the fish tail ponds and the orchid trees They can give you that bleeding heart disease People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness On Newton Street, Bayview Park Walking in the shadows after dark Down under, way down in Key West I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals I know all the Hindu rituals People tell me that I'm truly blessed Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring Winter here is an unknown thing Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right Feel the sunlight on your skin, and the healing virtues of the wind Key West, Key West is the land of light Wherever I travel, wherever I roam I'm not that far before I come back home I do what I think is right, what I think is best History Street off of Mallory Square Truman had his White House there East bound, West bound, way down in Key West Twelve years old, they put me in a suit Forced me to marry a prostitute There were gold fringes on her wedding dress That's my story, but not where it ends She's still cute, and we're still friends Down on the bottom, way down in Key West I play both sides against the middle Trying to pick up that pirate radio signal I heard the news, I heard your last request Fly around, my pretty little Miss I don't love nobody, give me a kiss Down on the bottom, way down in Key West Key West is the place to be If you're looking for immortality Key West is paradise divine Key West is fine and fair If you lost your mind, you'll find it there Key West is on the horizon line

I've spent some of my best hours in Key West with the love of my life. She's gone (RIP love), but the memories are forever. Dylan has captured the feel of the place..........'again.

Rough and Rowdy Ways, Bob Dylan's new album, is a meditation on life, death, and America. The album, released on June 19, 2020, is his first collection of original songs in eight years. The theme of death is central to the album. Dylan evokes death in a variety of ways, through images and metaphors. In "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)", for example, the city of Key West is described as a place to seek "immortality." In "Murder Most Foul," Dylan sings of "a dream that turned into a nightmare" and "a nation that's dyin'." America is often used as a metaphor for death in Rough and Rowdy Ways. In "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," Dylan sings of "a country that's dyin'." In "Mother of Muses," Dylan says that "the generals who fought in World War II paved the way for Elvis, Martin Luther King, and then me." Music is a way for Dylan to express his vision of life and death. The songs on Rough and Rowdy Ways are often long and complex, with lyrics rich in imagery and metaphor. The music is often melancholic and nostalgic, but also energetic and vital. Rough and Rowdy Ways is a complex and layered album that offers multiple interpretations. It is an album about death and immortality, America and music. It is an album that reflects the vision of an artist who has lived through history and continues to search for answers to life's big questions. (Stefano Donno editore de I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni e curatore dei blog DOVE POSSO COMPRARE? WHERE TO BUY? e TO BE STEFANO DONNO)

This great bard. I’m listening now because I’m in Key West❤ 🙏🏼

I'm so thankfully for Bob Dylan's music. I have no words. -"*Clap, clap*"

It flows slowly like milk and honey from HEAVEN !!

"Trying to pick up that pirate radio signal"- priceless song

Heard this song live. Kings. Didn’t recognize it. Very sad it’s a great song

The lyrics, the tune. This is so otherworldly, I'm crying.

Just watched a documentary on Hemingway. Key West was the spiritual centre of his life. His house there is now a museum full of six-toed cats. Didn't make the connection until now.

I was listening to Dylan when I was 7

Feel the sunlight on your skin And the healing virtues of the wind

My favorite song of the album. His timing is incredible and, at the beginning, when he says "confess"........so touching and beautiful. He is a Voice so real, so true

[Verse 1]McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall ‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess" ‪I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬ ‪I heard it on the wireless radio ‬ ‪From down in the boondocks way down in Key West ‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬ ‪On that pirate radio station ‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬ ‪Radio signal, clear as can be ‪I'm so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬ ‪Down on the flatlands, way down in Key West [Chorus 1]‪Key West is the place to be ‬ ‪If you're looking for immortality ‬ ‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬ ‪Key West is fine and fair ‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there ‪Key West is on the horizon line [Verse 2]‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track ‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac ‪Like Louis and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬ ‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬ ‪But I'm sticking with you through and through ‬ ‪Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West ‪I got both my feet planted square on the ground ‬ ‪Got my right hand high with the thumb down ‬ ‪Such is life, such is happiness ‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here ‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear ‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬ [Chorus 2]Key West is the place to go ‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬ ‪Beyond the sea, beyond the shifting sand ‪Key West is the gateway key ‬ ‪To innocence and purity ‬ ‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land [Verse 3]‪I've never lived in the land of Oz ‬ ‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬ ‪It’s hot down here, and you can't be overdressed ‪Tiny blossoms of a toxic plant ‬ ‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't ‪Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West ‬ ‪Well, the Fishtail Palms, and the orchid trees ‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease ‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬ ‪On Amelia Street, Bayview Park ‬ ‪Walking in the shadows after dark ‬ ‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬ ‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals ‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬ ‪People tell me that I'm truly blessed ‬ Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring Winter here is an unknown thing Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West [Chorus 3]Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right Feel the sunlight on your skin, and the healing virtues of the wind Key West, Key West is the land of light [Verse 4]Wherever I travel, wherever I roam I'm not that far from the convent home I do what I think is right, what I think is best Mystery Street off of Mallory Square Truman had his White House there East bound, West bound, way down in Key West Twelve years old, they put me in a suit Forced me to marry a prostitute There were gold fringes on her wedding dress That's my story, but not where it ends She's still cute, and we're still friends Down on the bottom, way down in Key West I play both sides against the middle Trying to pick up that pirate radio signal I heard the news, I heard your last request Fly around, my pretty little Miss I don't love nobody, give me a kiss Down on the bottom, way down in Key West [Chorus 4]Key West is the place to be If you're looking for immortality Key West is paradise divine Key West is fine and fair If you lost your mind, you'll find it there Key West is on the horizon line

I live in England, I would love to go to Key West, sit in a bar with a stiff drink,read a book by Hemingway and listen to this song. Maybe I will do it one day.

Saw him last night here in Fort Lauderdale. What an honor and privilege to see this legend live. Your ears, soul and heart go somewhere else when listening to Bob. Thank you Mr Dylan.

This song alone has convinced me I must buy the album!

My new Daily Meditation. It's one of his Top 250 songs.

You are more than welcome to come back to Key West, Sir.

Dylan i Oslo Spektrum Sunday 25th. of September 2022. He gave us all he could, inclusive a lovely and strong version of this epic song. Forever young.