I really like this song. It's probably my favorite Gram Parsons song. He was a superb songwriter and I think that there is a verse in the song that is often over looked. "and he swore the fiercest beasts
could all be put to sleep the same silly way" is some sort of a prophecy. Gram knew how he'd leave this world. I think that the fiercest beasts he was talking about were the great musicians before him who had died of drug overdoses. "put to sleep" means to die and "the same silly way" means a drug overdose.
it's very easy for listeners to look over little lines like that. i did dozens of times before i thought of that.
I really like this song. It's probably my favorite Gram Parsons song. He was a superb songwriter and I think that there is a verse in the song that is often over looked. "and he swore the fiercest beasts could all be put to sleep the same silly way" is some sort of a prophecy. Gram knew how he'd leave this world. I think that the fiercest beasts he was talking about were the great musicians before him who had died of drug overdoses. "put to sleep" means to die and "the same silly way" means a drug overdose.
it's very easy for listeners to look over little lines like that. i did dozens of times before i thought of that.