Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned")
I did not know that and when I searched for "Everybody Must Get Stoned" I found the link at Songlyrics.com I posted previously.
Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainy_Day_Women_%E2%99%AF12_%26_35
According to Dylan critic Clinton Heylin, Dylan was determined to use a "fairly lame pun"—the idea of being physically stoned for committing a sin, as opposed to being stoned on "powerful medicine"—to avoid being banned on the radio. Given its Old Testament connotations, Heylin argued that the Salvation Army band backing becomes more appropriate. Heylin further suggested that the song's title is a Biblical reference, taken from the Book of Proverbs, "which contains a huge number of edicts for which one could genuinely get stoned". He suggested that the title "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" refers to Proverbs chapter 27, verse 15 (in the King James Bible): "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."
...the seemingly nonsensical verses of "Rainy Day Women" can be heard as allusions to social and political conflicts in the United States.
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There's also this:
The 30 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs: #18, “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”
https://americansongwriter.com/the-30-greatest-bob-dylan-songs-18-rainy-day-women-12-35/
But what’s with the title? No one really knows for sure. There are some interesting theories on Songfacts.com:
There are some interesting theories on Songfacts.com:
– The “official” explanation of how this song got its name: A woman and her daughter came into the recording studio out of the rain. Dylan guessed their ages correctly as 12 and 35.
– A less official explanation: The song is about 2 women who came into the studio on a rainy day. Dylan apparently read an article about punishment for women in Islamic states – hence “Everybody must get stoned” because relationships are a trial and error thing.
– If you multiply 12 by 35, you get 420, a number commonly associated with smoking marijuana.
