Gates Of Eden

Album: Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
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  • Dylan called this song "a sacrilegoius lullaby in D minor." Gates is about what is salvation, or what salvation is not, and what lies beyond the end. >>>
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    Henry - Baltimore, MD

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  • Fred from Laurel, MdThis song was track 2, side 2 of his first electric album, "Bringing It All Back Home." It was also the B-side of his "Like a Rolling Stone" single.
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