Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Min man (my husband)
Känner du den som dansa med mig
Gula skinnbyxor hade han på sig
Men min man han hade gröna
Känner du den som dansa med mig
Gula skinnbyxor hade han på sig
Men min man han hade gröna
Känner du den som följde mig hem
Svarta skinnstövlar hade han på sig
Men min man han hade bruna
Känner du den som följde mig hem
Svarta skinnstövlar hade han på sig
Men min man han hade bruna
Känner du barnet uti min famn
Maja på Berget är hennes namn
Men min mans hon heter Stina
Känner du barnet uti min famn
Maja på Berget är hennes namn
Men min mans hon heter Stina
Känner du den som gladde mig så
Nu är han gammal nu är han grå
Men min man han lever ännu
Känner du den som gladde mig så
Nu är han gammal nu är han grå
Men min man han lever ännu
Känner du den som dansa med mig
Gula skinnbyxor hade han på sig
Men min man han hade gröna
Känner du den som dansa med mig
Gula skinnbyxor hade han på sig
Men min man han hade gröna
Känner du den som följde mig hem
Svarta skinnstövlar hade han på sig
Men min man han hade bruna
Känner du den som följde mig hem
Svarta skinnstövlar hade han på sig
Men min man han hade bruna
Känner du barnet uti min famn
Maja på Berget är hennes namn
Men min mans hon heter Stina
Känner du barnet uti min famn
Maja på Berget är hennes namn
Men min mans hon heter Stina
Känner du den som gladde mig så
Nu är han gammal nu är han grå
Men min man han lever ännu
Känner du den som gladde mig så
Nu är han gammal nu är han grå
Men min man han lever ännu
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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The lyrical ego of the singer is basically confessing an affair with another man; it starts with dancing, the other one follows her home, she gets pregnant by that other man, but ultimately she stays with her husband, because her husband is still virile, while the other one is old and grey.
While she does not say "the other one is more attractive, because he has more muscles/more hair/more beautiful eyes" she brings up his clothing: the other man wears golden (I guess here: bright yellow) leather-pants, while her own man wears green pants;the other man wears black tight leather boots, her own man wears brown shoes; the child from the other man has an almost epic name: "Maja of the mountains" while the child she has with her husband is just called "Stina", implying that the affair is a rich man (bright yellow pants and black boots are sure more expensive than green pants and brown shoes), while her own husband is less wealthy. But ultimately her own husband is the better match, because he won't die so soon, thus he's able to care longer for her (and the children).
@Ursza For the longest time I thought the same. But I think there is another reading. <br /> The other man was the man in her live before she met the man she is married to now. <br /> As you wrote, the other was richer, made her happier but the child was probably out of wedlock (Maja has no family-name but something descriptive) and she was disgraced and has to live now with the man, she does not love but who provides for her.