It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

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"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" is a song by Bob Dylan. It first appeared as track 10 of the Bringing It All Back Home album, released on 22 March, 1965 by Columbia Records, though Dylan performed it at least as early as 1964. A famous cover of the song, performed by Roger McGuinn, appeared in the soundtrack of Easy Rider.

'The line, "He who is not busy being born in busy dying" is popular with politicians. Jimmy Carter used the line in his acceptance speech at the 1976 Democratic National convention, and while campaigning for President in 2000, Al Gore told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that was his favorite quote. (Another line in the song is: "Even the President of The United States sometimes must have to stand naked." Gore was trying to distance himself from the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal at the time.)'

'The album cover shows a woman lounging by a fireplace with Dylan in the foreground holding a cat. She is Sally Grossman, the wife of Dylan's manager Albert Grossman. The photo was taken in Grossman's house, and the cat belonged to Sally.'

'The opening line, "Darkness at the break of noon," is referring to a nuclear explosion. After a nuclear explosion the sky turns black and the sun disappears.'