Bob Dylan released a 17-minute song on Thursday night called “Murder Most Foul” about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The somber song is Dylan’s first in eight years; his last album was Tempest released in 2012.

In “Murder Most Foul,” Dylan speak-sings over a simple and slow piano, fiddle, bass and drums. The lyrics start off talking about the murder of Kennedy, but expand to a seemingly mournful remembrance of the 1960’s in general.

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“They mutilated his body and they took out his brain/ What more could they do they piled on the pain/ But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at/ For the last 50 years they’ve been searching for that,” he sings around the six-minute mark.

“Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years,” Dylan wrote in a note to fans on Twitter. “This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.”

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Dylan is set to go on tour across America in June and July with Nathaniel Rateliff &The Night Sweats and Hot Club of Cowtown. It is unclear if the tour will be canceled in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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