Transcendental Blues Lyrics

Lyric discussion by themostbrian 

Cover art for Transcendental Blues lyrics by Steve Earle

I agree with lca05003 that this is about marriage.. but based on Steve's track record (he's been divorced and remarried 6 or 7 times), I think this is a blues riff about making the same mistakes over and over again and not being sure if this time it's the right one.