but in Dylan's case, when he says to 'light another match, girl' he's not talking about a REAL death, he's talking about a change. At the end of the fairy-tale, she lights her final match and dies. I think this line reference to Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl,' in which a vagabond child selling matches sees visions of warm, safe places she will never be a part of, and each time she lights a match she sees a new scene, a new life. When Dylan is wrapping up the song, and he's telling the woman to leave the dead and to start over, he says the line 'strike another match girl, start anew' I really think it's 'girl' and not 'go'- if you listen to the song it could go either way, but just here me out. General CommentI think there is one line here that is misunderstood, and it is pretty nifty. I can't put them in a box and wrap them up with a bow. I can't help listening.' For me, Dylan's lyrics are often like that. There's a wonderful line in a Jackson Browne song about death.'It's like a song I can hear right in my ear. So gather them up and make the best sense out of things that you can. those seeming coincidences may just give us a clue. kind of like.'Life is very mysterious and uncertain and we're not going to figure it out really well, but hey. The author felt it was very metaphysical. About 30 years ago I read a whole essay in some magazine about the 'take what you have gathered from coincidence' line. it's obviously more warning to those who want to stay put but are forced, as we all are, to move on and start anew. Take what you have gathered from coincidence.' I could go off for a while on what I think it means. 'The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. But as is so typical of him, the images don't all make perfect sense, at least not to me. General CommentThe obvious major theme of this song is Dylans moving on out of the folk scene, and giving a kind of warning to others than you can't stop change. Is standing in the clothes that you once wore Leave your stepping stones behind now, something calls for youДЇorget the dead you've left, they will not follow you Has taken all his blankets from the floor The empty-handed painter from your streetsДЄll your seasick sailors, they are rowing home Take what you have gathered from coincidence

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense You must leave now, take what you need, you think will lastД«ut whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast

Lyrics to baby blue song