Origin of the song: here was Robert Zimmerman convalescing in a Mobile Alabama hospital for six months aching to return to Memphis Tennessee where music is made. Music was his life and recuperating from an automobile accident was not. However, the time passed and it's all history now. A great song came out of it.

Waiting is not without results, like a tree planted by running waters which brings forth fruit in its own time (Psalm 1:3).

Dylan: So here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to keep from going through all these things twice.

Good line!