This is a song about the Summer of Love meeting the Swinging Seventies. The singer's female significant other (probably his wife) has developed separate interests during their relationship ("tryin' out a dream") and the couple is separating for a definite or an indefinite period, with the woman boarding a plane to find her bliss, which may or may not include other men in her life ("[l]one rangers"). The singer is, however, confident that despite their separation, the woman will again come home and life will resume as it was ("When you come home ... [the] dog will remember you, and I'll carry your things").
This is a song about the Summer of Love meeting the Swinging Seventies. The singer's female significant other (probably his wife) has developed separate interests during their relationship ("tryin' out a dream") and the couple is separating for a definite or an indefinite period, with the woman boarding a plane to find her bliss, which may or may not include other men in her life ("[l]one rangers"). The singer is, however, confident that despite their separation, the woman will again come home and life will resume as it was ("When you come home ... [the] dog will remember you, and I'll carry your things").