Like most of the songs on this album, Working Man's Dead, all the songs relate to the poor, or misforunate or both. This song is about a man who is so poor he's embarrassed that he's dying and only a "friend or two" will be at his funeral. Also during his lamenting the dying man is thinking how every day is the same, so therefore I think he lost hope.
Like most of the songs on this album, Working Man's Dead, all the songs relate to the poor, or misforunate or both. This song is about a man who is so poor he's embarrassed that he's dying and only a "friend or two" will be at his funeral. Also during his lamenting the dying man is thinking how every day is the same, so therefore I think he lost hope.