People call, say beware doll, you're bound to fall, you thought they were all, kiddin you." - Meaning and context.">

Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you.
People call, say beware doll, you're bound to fall, you thought they were all, kiddin you.

— Bob Dylan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you.
People call, say beware doll, you're bound to fall, you thought they were all, kiddin you." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bob Dylan

About Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American folk and rock singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota. In 2016 Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".