This song always reminded me of the Odyssey and how Penelope is left behind to a palace full of unruly suitors how take over her house. They of course sing the chorus being overjoyed at being in the "promised land", previously sacred to her marriage to Oddysseus. The final verse seems to refer to Odysseus whose journey was misguided and now has cost him dearly "But the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more". The final line seems to reference the point in the book where Odysseus gets within miles of home then is thrown back across the sea, helpless to defend his home and wife "And when you see it in the distance you will wring your hands and moan."
This song always reminded me of the Odyssey and how Penelope is left behind to a palace full of unruly suitors how take over her house. They of course sing the chorus being overjoyed at being in the "promised land", previously sacred to her marriage to Oddysseus. The final verse seems to refer to Odysseus whose journey was misguided and now has cost him dearly "But the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more". The final line seems to reference the point in the book where Odysseus gets within miles of home then is thrown back across the sea, helpless to defend his home and wife "And when you see it in the distance you will wring your hands and moan."
Just a theory...