Monster Ballads Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sockeye 

Cover art for Monster Ballads lyrics by Josh Ritter

I agree with infinitepet85 about the Huck Finn reference.

"And I was thinking about my river days I was thinking about me and Jim Passing Cairo on a getaway With every steamboat like a hymn"

Josh is eluding to Cairo , Illinois , which was a major Steamboat port in the 19th Century. It also is the the destination of Huck and his Slave friend Jim in the Adventures of Huck Finn , they wanted to take a Steamboat north to freedom.