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"Slow Train Coming", Track #3

SC: This is such a beautiful song. Very heartfelt vocals. Very moving. (11/24/06)

BILL COHEN: This is a very powerful song. Dylan is reaching out to Jesus. This was one of the most daring movements in his life since all his friends were thinking that this was one of his quirky moves. In the song he says that he believes in the Lord when winter turns to summer and when white turns into black. In the song he is begging to not let him drift too far from his love and adoration of the Lord no matter what his friends say. In one paragraph he says "Oh though the earth may shake me. O that my friends forsake me, Oh even that couldn't make me go back". At this point in the song his voice cracks into a agonized plea. This song, in my opinion, is the very beginning of his search for Jesus Christ. He is frightened, confused and sure at the same time. It is the clearest intent of his long journey to reach God. (08/29/06)