DiscoverSongs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast16. Pressing On with Roberta Rakove
16. Pressing On with Roberta Rakove

16. Pressing On with Roberta Rakove

Update: 2025-07-15
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Henry welcomes back Roberta Rakove (Ep. 3: The Man In Me) to talk about a highlight from 1980's Saved, "Pressing On."

 

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Follow along with the lyrics:

Pressing On

Written by: Bob Dylan

Well I’m pressing on
Yes, I’m pressing on
Well I’m pressing on
To the higher calling of my Lord

Many try to stop me, shake me up in my mind
Say, “Prove to me that He is Lord, show me a sign”
What kind of sign they need when it all come from within
When what’s lost has been found, what’s to come has already been?

Well I’m pressing on
Yes, I’m pressing on
Well I’m pressing on
To the higher calling of my Lord

Shake the dust off of your feet, don’t look back
Nothing now can hold you down, nothing that you lack
Temptation’s not an easy thing, Adam given the devil reign
Because he sinned I got no choice, it run in my vein

Well I’m pressing on
Yes, I’m pressing on
Well I’m pressing on
To the higher calling of my Lord

Copyright © 1980 by Special Rider Music


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16. Pressing On with Roberta Rakove

16. Pressing On with Roberta Rakove

Roberta Rakove, Henry Bernstein