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"Oh Mercy", Track #2

JOHN: I think Jimmy Durante would've had a hit with this song. (04/29/08)

DAVID DIXON: The song speaks to me of prayer, perhaps of repentance and confession, as in the first verse of Every Grain of Sand. It speaks to me of a faith that continued long past the "gospel period." (12/20/07)

BILL COHEN: I believe that the song " Where Teardrops Fall" was a ver personal song related to the death of Bob Dylan's father. In his book "Chronicles " he talks fondly about his father and his intense ability to work hard. It is traditional in the Jewish religion to tear ones clothes at the funeral of a parent. Dylan speaks of this in the song and notes his teardrops. He follows by sying that I'll come see you where teardrops fall. I think it has to do with visiting his fathers grave, and crying for his love and loss. The tearing of the clothes represents a tearing out of a piece of you when someone like a father or mother dies. It is a very agonizing experience. (04/18/06)