Great comments Zazenpan, spot on. It's Sly, in a rare sober moment, writing a song to himself and getting his sister to sing it back to him. Knowing the way Sly's story subsequently turned out, the last few lines "Another day/you're farther away/ha ha ha ha/A longer trip back home" are unbelievably poignant. He knew what he was doing to himself but carried on down the "shorter cut".
Great comments Zazenpan, spot on. It's Sly, in a rare sober moment, writing a song to himself and getting his sister to sing it back to him. Knowing the way Sly's story subsequently turned out, the last few lines "Another day/you're farther away/ha ha ha ha/A longer trip back home" are unbelievably poignant. He knew what he was doing to himself but carried on down the "shorter cut".