This song is about how material possessions are squat and don't add up to much. Just because you have all these fancy things, like an expensive car, if you don't have Jesus, then you have nothing. He threw his life away to get ahead...but ahead to where? I think it's also talking about how he might've thrown his family away to get ahead as well. But now he realizes... "the grass isn't greener on this lonely side"
This song is about how material possessions are squat and don't add up to much. Just because you have all these fancy things, like an expensive car, if you don't have Jesus, then you have nothing. He threw his life away to get ahead...but ahead to where? I think it's also talking about how he might've thrown his family away to get ahead as well. But now he realizes... "the grass isn't greener on this lonely side"