If you have your hands on the Basement Tapes bootleg, you will have a fragment of a song called “I’m Alright.” Below are the lyrics transcribed by me (most likely off a bit as Dylan is good at mumbling). Bob Dylan and the Band are playing here for about a minute. Possibly they ran out of tape in the middle of the performance. If this song reached a more complete recording, I’m sure more people would have pounced on the glory of it.

Listen

Now when I call her by her name, you know,
She don’t come
She don’t lead me down easy child
But I don’t
I’m gone, the man he’s standing on is
Maybe some
But I don’t have a leak and
‘Cause she knows she don’t

(Chorus 2x)
Alright
I’m alright
I’m a three-time loser
But I’m alright

Whoa, it’s so hard so defensive
It’s ok
I swear she’s gone, you know
She’s gunna be the death of me

And someone else’s take on the words?

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