ElegantMule,
"There is power in unions of ramblers who got nothing to own/ But there's more in one fist swingin' mother swearin', 'My Children shall never be sold!'"
To me this is him saying that while you may have legions of penniless, idealistic, 'revolutionary' nomads who make some kind of difference, the same revolutionary words spoken from a mother (here used as a representation for settling down and growing older) are even more powerful because it's coming from a place of more credibility.
tl;dr - A whole gathering of career protesters may carry a voice, but it's not as powerful as that of an angry mom saying the same thing.
ElegantMule,
"There is power in unions of ramblers who got nothing to own/ But there's more in one fist swingin' mother swearin', 'My Children shall never be sold!'" To me this is him saying that while you may have legions of penniless, idealistic, 'revolutionary' nomads who make some kind of difference, the same revolutionary words spoken from a mother (here used as a representation for settling down and growing older) are even more powerful because it's coming from a place of more credibility.
tl;dr - A whole gathering of career protesters may carry a voice, but it's not as powerful as that of an angry mom saying the same thing.