"All I Really Want to Do"

I listened to Mr. Tambourine this morning and realized something about "All I Really Want to Do":  there's a contrast in number between the multitude of things that the speaker doesn't want to do and the one thing he does want to do, and as a result, that one thing stands out more.

The structure also contributes to this emphasis.  While each verse contains a different list of things the speaker doesn't want to do, all of them end with the one thing that he does want to do.

"All I Really Want to Do"

In "All I Really Want to Do," the lines "Drag you down or bring you down / Chain you down or bring you down" both generally descend (D D C# A B B A and D D C# A B G# A), musically giving a sense of those "down"s.  This feature is also present in Bob Dylan's original version, although Dylan sings "Drag you down or drain you down."