I'm pretty sure youre both right, seanmc22 yeah it is written from a kids point of view, waiting for an actual ice cream van to come, but at the same time, that is also a metaphor for pretty much what the first 2 comments said.
I think the ice cream van bit is him using his own experience as a kid to get across his point.
Give the song writer some credit here, he can write a song thats a story but with a meaning to it too.
I'm pretty sure youre both right, seanmc22 yeah it is written from a kids point of view, waiting for an actual ice cream van to come, but at the same time, that is also a metaphor for pretty much what the first 2 comments said. I think the ice cream van bit is him using his own experience as a kid to get across his point.
Give the song writer some credit here, he can write a song thats a story but with a meaning to it too.