I think this song is about his collapsing marriage to Carly Simon. It means that if he stopped and payed more attention to his wife and kids every once and a while then maybe his marriage could have survived and he wouldn't be on that "lonesome road". The album it's on was even titled "Dad Loves his work" but it wasn't enough to appease his wife.
I think this song is about his collapsing marriage to Carly Simon. It means that if he stopped and payed more attention to his wife and kids every once and a while then maybe his marriage could have survived and he wouldn't be on that "lonesome road". The album it's on was even titled "Dad Loves his work" but it wasn't enough to appease his wife.