Lyric discussion by everythinginbetwn 

Cover art for Pedal Steel lyrics by Stephen Kellogg

and also i'm pretty sure that the man in the song is the father of the woman that the singer is with "maybe if he'd had a son things might have been different somehow maybe i wouldn't have known 'you' (( the chick he's seeing )) and i wouldn't feel so fucked up now" like he's with this chick and things are just crazy with him and his girl and he's looking up to her dad for advice because he's like a father figure to him

?? i don't know that's just my take on it ... if that makes any sense