Our Lady of the Well Lyrics

Lyric discussion by detailrich 

Cover art for Our Lady of the Well lyrics by Jackson Browne

Sounds kind of biblical to me .... but maybe it's a forerunner to Jackson's overtly political material of the 80's - "across my home has grown the shadow of a cruel and senseless hand/but in sone strong hearts the love and truth remain". I guess there's something healing about water. Drawing water from the well could be symbolic of new ways of thinking?