Its about a whore house. The guy is talking about how his father went there and got drunk, it was the only time he was happy. He is turning into his father.
"And it's been the ruin of many a poor Boy,
and God I know I'm one. "
He doesn't want to go there, but feels that he will only be happy here. Or that something is calling his name and pulling on him to go there.
"Oh mother, tell your children,
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the Rising Sun. "
He regrets going and being pulled in to this house to live a life where you are only happy drunk and with whores.So he says mothers don't let your child live my life..
Its about a whore house. The guy is talking about how his father went there and got drunk, it was the only time he was happy. He is turning into his father. "And it's been the ruin of many a poor Boy, and God I know I'm one. " He doesn't want to go there, but feels that he will only be happy here. Or that something is calling his name and pulling on him to go there.
"Oh mother, tell your children, Not to do what I have done. Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun. " He regrets going and being pulled in to this house to live a life where you are only happy drunk and with whores.So he says mothers don't let your child live my life..
Its a great song.