This song is one of the most important songs on "Blue" I think. Like California and This flight tonight it's about her trip around Europe in 69 or 70, where she allegedly did a lot of the writing for this album.
Its really mostly as simple as it looks, shes describing the places she's been, Matalla in Greece where the Mermaid Cafe is real ( greece may also inspire the line about "these soldiers", as it was under military rule, and "these freaks" are her fellow hippy travellers.
I cant remember who the Carey of the title is, though I think its mentioned in jonis biography (?) but Im pretty sure there was a man with red hair in her life while or before she wrote this son. The "bright red devil".
Although its on the surface just about her travels, there is a lot of longing and emotion in the song as in the rest of the album. She expresses uncertainty about where she'll go next and discontent at not being "home" - also shown in California and River in particular. But she shrugs all her sadness off with the chorus and urges herself to have fun and live for the moments.
I think its a wonderful song, not as sad and gentle as the rest on blue but a great one to hum along to and imagine yourself pleasantly drunk in a greek bar, dancing your cares away
This song is one of the most important songs on "Blue" I think. Like California and This flight tonight it's about her trip around Europe in 69 or 70, where she allegedly did a lot of the writing for this album.
Its really mostly as simple as it looks, shes describing the places she's been, Matalla in Greece where the Mermaid Cafe is real ( greece may also inspire the line about "these soldiers", as it was under military rule, and "these freaks" are her fellow hippy travellers.
I cant remember who the Carey of the title is, though I think its mentioned in jonis biography (?) but Im pretty sure there was a man with red hair in her life while or before she wrote this son. The "bright red devil".
Although its on the surface just about her travels, there is a lot of longing and emotion in the song as in the rest of the album. She expresses uncertainty about where she'll go next and discontent at not being "home" - also shown in California and River in particular. But she shrugs all her sadness off with the chorus and urges herself to have fun and live for the moments.
I think its a wonderful song, not as sad and gentle as the rest on blue but a great one to hum along to and imagine yourself pleasantly drunk in a greek bar, dancing your cares away