“To Be Alone With You”

“To Be Alone With You” is a Bob Dylan song recorded during the country-focused sessions for 1969’s Nashville Skyline.

Its compact romantic address invites attention to Dylan’s engagement with country and popular-song traditions, including a reported connection with Jerry Lee Lewis and source material associated with the song’s melody and imagery. Later interpretations place the original recording alongside Dylan’s darker Shadow Kingdom reworking, revealing how arrangement, performance, and context can change the song’s meaning. The song therefore offers a concentrated view of Dylan’s musical borrowing, studio practice, and continuing reinterpretation of his own work.