I don't know if you've seen me before or not.
I think I was here sometime in 1964.
Anyway, I was singing songs back then.
One was a song called Desolation Row. Huh?
You're clapping now, you weren't clapping then.
It was "What's he singing about?"
They didn't understand what I was singing about.
I don't think I did either. Hahahahahaha.
However, I understand now pretty much what I am singing about.
So it must have taken a while for
Desolation Row,
Maggie's Farm,
Subterranean Homesick Blues
and all that stuff to catch on,
because it wasn't accepted very well at the time.
I've always been prepared for adversity;
I was always prepared back then, and now I'm even more prepared.
Lot of people talk about Jesus.
Lot of people profess that they're committed to the Lord.
I'll tell you now,
there's a lot of different kinds of Jesuses that they profess
that they're with.
But there's only one Jesus.
All eyes shall see, every knee shall bow - the Jesus that has defeated
the Devil.
If you're looking into Jesus, you've gotta look at the cross.
All the things that Jesus will give you,
all the things you want -
the earthly pride, forget about all that;
walking with Jesus is no easy trip, but it's the only trip.
I'm afraid to say I've seen a lot of other kinds of trips.
Nobody ever told me Jesus could save me.
I never thought I needed to be saved.
I thought I was doing just fine.
Anyway, now we're living, as you know, in dangerous times.
Well, Jesus is prepared for that.
He knows all about it.
Oooh yeaaaaah!
I don't know what you think you're hanging on to.
We're hanging on to a solid rock made before the foundation of the world.
The time's coming when you're gonna need something solid like that.
There's gonna be a lot of delusion coming at you.
You think what's happening now's bad - you just wait.
You think it's rough now - just wait.
The Bible says "Cursed is the man trusted in Mammon".