Where can I go to buy or listen to this song? I remember listening to it years ago in my dorm room in college, but lost the CD it was on. I think the version I remember was longer and may have had some reference to a house being flooded. I would be unspeakably grateful if anyone could help me out!
Where can I go to buy or listen to this song? I remember listening to it years ago in my dorm room in college, but lost the CD it was on. I think the version I remember was longer and may have had some reference to a house being flooded. I would be unspeakably grateful if anyone could help me out!
Withdrawal from alcoholism can make your hands shake. And, I've heard moonshine can make you go blind. I can see how it could be about a man or woman in a residential rehab program trying to "kick" alcohol so he can get back to his wife and kids.
Withdrawal from alcoholism can make your hands shake. And, I've heard moonshine can make you go blind. I can see how it could be about a man or woman in a residential rehab program trying to "kick" alcohol so he can get back to his wife and kids.
Maybe I'm wrong, but, I've always thought of this as being about an elderly couple. When you grow old, your hands often shake, your vision diminishes ("if I go blind"), you can't sing as well as you once could ("i can't sing too well") and can lose your memory ("how does it go?"). I don't think this meaning explains the first few stanzas, though.
This song is about Woody Guthrie. He suffered from a nerve disease called huntington's chorea. The song is about his true love Margery. The song appears on the Fall Album, available on itunes.
This song is about Woody Guthrie. He suffered from a nerve disease called huntington's chorea. The song is about his true love Margery. The song appears on the Fall Album, available on itunes.
wondering what the disease is? alcoholism?
Where can I go to buy or listen to this song? I remember listening to it years ago in my dorm room in college, but lost the CD it was on. I think the version I remember was longer and may have had some reference to a house being flooded. I would be unspeakably grateful if anyone could help me out!
Where can I go to buy or listen to this song? I remember listening to it years ago in my dorm room in college, but lost the CD it was on. I think the version I remember was longer and may have had some reference to a house being flooded. I would be unspeakably grateful if anyone could help me out!
Withdrawal from alcoholism can make your hands shake. And, I've heard moonshine can make you go blind. I can see how it could be about a man or woman in a residential rehab program trying to "kick" alcohol so he can get back to his wife and kids.
Withdrawal from alcoholism can make your hands shake. And, I've heard moonshine can make you go blind. I can see how it could be about a man or woman in a residential rehab program trying to "kick" alcohol so he can get back to his wife and kids.
Maybe I'm wrong, but, I've always thought of this as being about an elderly couple. When you grow old, your hands often shake, your vision diminishes ("if I go blind"), you can't sing as well as you once could ("i can't sing too well") and can lose your memory ("how does it go?"). I don't think this meaning explains the first few stanzas, though.
This song is about Woody Guthrie. He suffered from a nerve disease called huntington's chorea. The song is about his true love Margery. The song appears on the Fall Album, available on itunes.
This song is about Woody Guthrie. He suffered from a nerve disease called huntington's chorea. The song is about his true love Margery. The song appears on the Fall Album, available on itunes.