I don't know exactly why, but this is my favorite track off Tom Joad. It's so sad and lonely and for me the live described is so pointless, just about staying alive. There are a couple of lines that really hit me.
First, the lines about Frank, who was found dead, "His body lyin' on a muddy hill / nothin' taken nothin' stolen / somebody killin' just to kill"
Second, the lines where he thinks about his own son who he left behind: "Now I wonder does my son miss me / Does he wonder where I am"
While other Springsteen songs, though sometimes very dark, always have some kind of hope or at least the possibility of hope, the person in this song has rezignation in his misfortune. Seems like the only reason he still lives is to find the one who killed Frank, but he hasn't even got his name.
I don't know exactly why, but this is my favorite track off Tom Joad. It's so sad and lonely and for me the live described is so pointless, just about staying alive. There are a couple of lines that really hit me.
First, the lines about Frank, who was found dead, "His body lyin' on a muddy hill / nothin' taken nothin' stolen / somebody killin' just to kill"
Second, the lines where he thinks about his own son who he left behind: "Now I wonder does my son miss me / Does he wonder where I am"
While other Springsteen songs, though sometimes very dark, always have some kind of hope or at least the possibility of hope, the person in this song has rezignation in his misfortune. Seems like the only reason he still lives is to find the one who killed Frank, but he hasn't even got his name.