It is about a man that took his woman for granted and too late to reconcile his grave mistakes. I think the line...THERES NOT ENOUGH TIME HES A WORKING MAN... is very clever. Journey stresses that this is about a typical tough blue collar working class guy, that feels he is doing right for his woman by just providing. This is sung by proxy by Steve Perry as opposed to Faithfully, sung about Mr. Perry.
It is about a man that took his woman for granted and too late to reconcile his grave mistakes. I think the line...THERES NOT ENOUGH TIME HES A WORKING MAN... is very clever. Journey stresses that this is about a typical tough blue collar working class guy, that feels he is doing right for his woman by just providing. This is sung by proxy by Steve Perry as opposed to Faithfully, sung about Mr. Perry.