The meaning has got to be about Vietnam or just wars in general and how there's nothing good about'em.
This is one his best written songs. The electric version is fun, but the acoustic version is much better (YouTube it!).
Along with a slower tempo and a short harmonica solo, the lyrics differ in the acoustic version too. He starts with the Children verse instead and ends with it too. There's also a bridge before ending verse and after the Lust verse...
"I'll never use your love, you know I'm not like that
So if you give your heart to me
I promise to you, whatever we do
That I will always be true"
The meaning has got to be about Vietnam or just wars in general and how there's nothing good about'em.
This is one his best written songs. The electric version is fun, but the acoustic version is much better (YouTube it!).
Along with a slower tempo and a short harmonica solo, the lyrics differ in the acoustic version too. He starts with the Children verse instead and ends with it too. There's also a bridge before ending verse and after the Lust verse...
"I'll never use your love, you know I'm not like that So if you give your heart to me I promise to you, whatever we do That I will always be true"