Who is Mr. Jones? - Momus

Bob Dylan at the height of his fame

Got asked the same question again and again

In a forest of microphones

'Tell us, Bob, who really is Mr Jones?'

Dylan replied: 'He's a pinboy, he also wears suspenders

It’s not so hard to picture him

In a room with three walls and a midget, a naked man and a geek

And I am the voice in his dream, speaking in his sleep'

Bob Dylan at the height of his fame

Got asked the same question again and again

In a forest of microphones

'Tell us, Bob, who really is Mr Jones?'

Dylan, probably bored to death

Is also reported to have said:

'I saw him come into the room one night

He looked just like a camel

And proceeded to put his eyes into his pocket'

He’s a real person, you know him

You don’t have to be so imaginative

The answer is blindingly obvious:

Mr Jones is a man who doesn’t know who Mr Jones is