Desolation Row Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tmo2199 

Cover art for Desolation Row lyrics by Grateful Dead

Originally written by Bob Dylan, which is the reason it's so hard to decipher. I think it means even though we think theese people he mentions are so great, they feel like they are on the outside looking into the lives of happier people, and they are envious.

Yeah, seriously - here's where the comments are (rightly so) - on the page for this song as a Dylan song (which it is): http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/1110/