Remember the Mountain Bed Lyrics

Lyric discussion by violet6000 

Cover art for Remember the Mountain Bed lyrics by Billy Bragg and Wilco

It's simple...the singer is recalling first love and intimacy in the simplicty of pure nature. Later, life gets complicated, but it all boils down to love/sex between a man and a woman, which leads to procreation. This is what everything else is for (jobs/wars, etc). He is now a grown and experienced man with a wife and child. This is very much related to his first love...he is sowing his seed again. This song is about life, love, nostalgia, that sort of thing.