Editing Highway 61 Revisited (section)

==== "Highway 61 Revisited" ====
Dylan commences the title song of his album, "[[Highway 61 Revisited (song)|Highway 61 Revisited]]", with the words "Oh God said to Abraham, 'Kill me a son'/Abe says, 'Man, you must be puttin' me on'".<ref>{{harvnb|Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan}}</ref> As Gill has pointed out, Abraham was the name of Dylan's father, which makes the singer the son whom God wants killed.<ref name="Gill87">{{harvnb|Gill|1998|pp=87–88}}</ref> Gill comments that it is befitting that this song, celebrating a highway central to the history of the blues, is a "raucous blues boogie".<ref name = "Gill87"/> He notes that the scope of the song broadens to make the highway a road of endless possibilities, peopled by dubious characters and culminating in a promoter who "seriously considers staging World War III out on Highway 61".<ref name = "Gill87"/> The song is punctuated by the sound of a [[siren whistle]], credited as "Police Car" to Dylan in the album liner notes.<ref name = "H61R Discover">{{harvnb|Highway 61 Revisited—Discover: Liner Notes}}</ref> "Highway 61 Revisited" was released as the B-side of his "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" single on November 30, 1965.<ref>{{harvnb|Krogsgaard|1991|p=49}}</ref>