Drifter's Escape

"Drifter's Escape"
West German picture sleeve
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album John Wesley Harding
A-side"I Threw It All Away"
Released
  • December 27, 1967 (1967-12-27) (album)
  • 1969 (US & UK single)
RecordedOctober 17, 1967
StudioColumbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreFolk rock
Length2:52
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Johnston
Bob Dylan US & UK singles chronology
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
(1967)
"Drifter's Escape"
(1969)
"Lay Lady Lay"
(1969)

"Drifter's Escape" is a song written by Bob Dylan that he recorded for his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Columbia Records released it as a single in the US and the UK in 1969 as the B-side to "I Threw It All Away". The song was recorded in four takes on October 17, 1967. CBS Records International also issued the song paired with "John Wesley Harding" in some markets.