“People are crazy and times are strange… I used to care but things have changed”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), Things Have Changed (recorded 1999)
Variant: I used to care, but things have changed.
Context: People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range,
I used to care, but things have changed.

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

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