A great representation of hard times in working class America. Struggling to stay afloat in a troubled economy and a relationship that's on the rocks, and eventually ends, our protagonist holds 3 different jobs during the course of this song. There are 3 mentions of "the rain" as well.
The second verse, I believe, is a dream sequence which crashes into the reality that his love has left when he hears the "long whistle whine".
I find it particularly depressing that in the end he's working on the very same railroad that carried his love out of his life.
A great representation of hard times in working class America. Struggling to stay afloat in a troubled economy and a relationship that's on the rocks, and eventually ends, our protagonist holds 3 different jobs during the course of this song. There are 3 mentions of "the rain" as well.
The second verse, I believe, is a dream sequence which crashes into the reality that his love has left when he hears the "long whistle whine".
I find it particularly depressing that in the end he's working on the very same railroad that carried his love out of his life.