Secret Knowledge of Backroads Lyrics

Lyric discussion by teapot 

Cover art for Secret Knowledge of Backroads lyrics by Pavement

I tried to be as accurate as possible with these lyrics, but corrections are welcome. Really thought it deserved to be up here cos it's probably among the most beautiful songs pavement ever did, it's got a great melancholy quality to it. Lyrically it's standard cryptic SM, but it seems to allude to a musician who's success is all behind him and is on a downward spiral or something.