Song for Bob Dylan — David Bowie

Song for Bob Dylan appears on Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory. Bowie addresses Dylan by his birth name, Robert Zimmerman, and calls on him to return and lead his generation again with his voice.

Seen through a Christian lens, it’s a song about longing for a voice of truth. Bowie wanted someone to speak plainly to a confused generation. Every generation looks for that voice, and the truest one has already spoken.

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27