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* (Actual line: "No Bows")
*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* (A deliberate misspelling of the sung word; "success")
*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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