I don't really agree with the idea that this song is about his mother leaving him. First off, if he was to say they're all bastards, a bastard is someone that does not have a father. Also, the line is not tossing the baby out, it is tossing out the baby with the bath tub, which is referring to the idiom don't toss the baby out with the bath water. The caution behind the idiom is not to lose something good while getting rid of the bad. I have to agree with the common consensus that the song is about touring. Also, to the line about painting young courtney pine, courtney pine is referring to the wood, not the jazz musician.
I don't really agree with the idea that this song is about his mother leaving him. First off, if he was to say they're all bastards, a bastard is someone that does not have a father. Also, the line is not tossing the baby out, it is tossing out the baby with the bath tub, which is referring to the idiom don't toss the baby out with the bath water. The caution behind the idiom is not to lose something good while getting rid of the bad. I have to agree with the common consensus that the song is about touring. Also, to the line about painting young courtney pine, courtney pine is referring to the wood, not the jazz musician.