I've never paid much attention to "The Basement Tapes" until recently. [View all]

I became a huge fan of The Band very early in life...early 70s. I had a lot of The Band's albums, but not this one.

The Basement Tapes were made in the basement of "Big Pink", a pink house in in West Saugerties, New York. Literally made in the basement by The Band and Bob Dylan after Dylan's motorcycle accident.

The recordings are a little muddy, but in a good way. I've been playing the whole album repeatedly. The songs touch my heart and fill me with joy.

"You ain't goin' nowhere" has many different versions, but my favorite version is on The Basement Tapes.
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Clouds so swift, rain won't lift
Gate won't close, railing's froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?

I don't care how many letters they sent
The morning came, the morning went
Pack up your money, pick up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?

Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?

Now Genghis Khan, he could not keep
All his kings supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill, no matter how steep
When we come up to it

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?