"I don't try to interpret what Bob meant when he wrote the song," Roger McGuinn said. "He doesn't do that, and to do that, you spoil it for people who have a different meaning of the song." My guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt, somehow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now