Cue cards used in Subterranean Homesick Blues Video

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The cue cards used in Subterranean Homesick Blues Video form the most easily recognised and most copied feature of the music video. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan contains a number of lyrics displayed on the cards, which are shown to the camera by the dead-pan Dylan as the song plays. The cards also contain a number of variations from the lyrics of the song. These cards have been highlighted with an asterisk (*).

Verse 1 
  • Basement
  • Medicine
  • Pavement
  • Government
  • Trench Coat
  • Laid Off
  • Bad Cough
  • Paid Off
  • Kid
  • Did
  • When
  • Again
  • Alley Way
  • New Friend
  • Coonskin Cap
  • Pig Pen
  • 20 Dollar Bills* (Actual line: "11 Dollar Bills")
  • Ten
Verse 2 
  • Fleet Foot
  • Black Soot
  • Heat Put
  • Bed, But
  • Anyway
  • Many Say
  • Must Bust
  • District Attorney* (Actual line: "D.A.")
  • Look Out!
  • It Don’t Matter
  • Tip Toes
  • No Dose
  • Those
  • Fire Hose
  • Clean Nose
  • Plain Clothes
  • Wind Blows
Verse 3 
  • Get Well
  • It’s Hard
  • Write Braille
  • Get Jailed
  • Fail
  • Watch It!* (Actual line: "Look out")
  • Here They Come!* (Actual line: "You're gonna get hit")
  • Users
  • Cheaters
  • Theaters
  • Whirlpool
  • New Fool
  • Leaders???
  • Pawking Metaws* (A spelling reflecting his dialect; Actual line: "Parking Meters")
Verse 4 
  • Get Born
  • Short Pants-Romance
  • Get Blessed
  • Suckcess
  • Please Her, Please Him
  • Don’t Lift
  • Dayshift
  • Dig Yourself* (Actual line: "Look out kid")
  • Hid
  • Man Whole
  • Scandals
  • Bum
  • Chew Gum, No* (Actual line: "You'd better chew gum")
  • The Vandals Took All The Handles* (Actual line does not feature the word "all")
  • What??* (Isn't featured in the song, but does reflect a line in the album cover)
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