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Northern Wind Lyrics
There is a wind, my Billy, and it's awful strong
Come for you, and anyone who's helped you along.
But I want to live, live, live and let the stars shine bright
yes, I want to live, live, live and let it on alright
And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause i want to go
There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
And with this gun goes everything I want to say
Not for you, but for anyone who takes it away
Let it fill his life, life, life until there's nothing left
Let it kill his wife, wife, wife until he goes to bed
And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause I want to go
There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
Come for you, and anyone who's helped you along.
yes, I want to live, live, live and let it on alright
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause i want to go
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
Not for you, but for anyone who takes it away
Let it fill his life, life, life until there's nothing left
Let it kill his wife, wife, wife until he goes to bed
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause I want to go
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change
and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
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I have no idiea. nice song though.
This song is about someone who is scared of love. He calls this person "billy" because he thinks this person a fool. The wind means agression, a person don't want to give up so easily. Northern wind means coldness, a cold attitude, as opposed to southern. "And with this gun goes everything I want to say", gun for the sake of itself, agression for the sake of agression, meanin' the person is a psycho really. This song is psychoanalytical.
Though the wind by itself means not agression but rather some kind of resistance, or a mood.
Could it possibly be about Billy the Kid? I think he was from the Northern Plains states but settled somewhere in Arizona for a period of time and possibly into Mexico to avoid the law. Seems like he was married too at one time, so all of those elements might be in the song.
@Davcat I think you are correct....seems I heard this explanation many years ago, possibly from Cat in an interview...
@Davcat I think you are correct....seems I heard this explanation many years ago, possibly from Cat in an interview...