"WHEN i'm near the end and I just ain't got the time, WHEN i'm wasted [you can hear them say when a bit before this in some live versions rather than "and"] and I can't find my way home
i took this to mean a battle over religious authority b/c also there is an "Oh Lord" thrown in a couple live versions and i even think it's subtly heard in the recording with Winwood on vocals.. anywho - the oh lord is generated towards God, and the singer is saying when im near the end, (the "end" of life), and I just ain't got the time (i no longer have time to do the things that I enjoy doing right now) When i'm wasted (mucho possibilities) and I can't find my way home... (is having one final trip maybe? or not even trip, maybe out of Sobriety the singer is saying when he just cant go on deviating about what else might lie out there.
great song. melodious and even well done with harmony vocals live.
i always took the chorus to be this
"WHEN i'm near the end and I just ain't got the time, WHEN i'm wasted [you can hear them say when a bit before this in some live versions rather than "and"] and I can't find my way home
i took this to mean a battle over religious authority b/c also there is an "Oh Lord" thrown in a couple live versions and i even think it's subtly heard in the recording with Winwood on vocals.. anywho - the oh lord is generated towards God, and the singer is saying when im near the end, (the "end" of life), and I just ain't got the time (i no longer have time to do the things that I enjoy doing right now) When i'm wasted (mucho possibilities) and I can't find my way home... (is having one final trip maybe? or not even trip, maybe out of Sobriety the singer is saying when he just cant go on deviating about what else might lie out there.
great song. melodious and even well done with harmony vocals live.