This song is very meaningful to me. Not sure why these other people would think he's singing about his 'girl' or his 'woman' (although that's part of it).
I think he is saying that in a crazy world where 'deceivers and believers' are all telling us what life is all about, and what its purpose is and what we should be doing with our life, he, like most people has spent his life trying to figure it out for himself. He looked to the stars (heaven), and bars (vice), but finally found it in his relationships.
"An[d]' in the shade of an oak down by the river,
Sit an old man an' a boy,
Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales,
With a lady they both enjoy."
This is obviously a man, his son, and a 'lady' who is the mother figure.
Likely he is saying he found life's meaning or 'something real' in his relationship with this lady and his son. We may likely infer that he fell in love with a lady, they had a son, and now he has found true meaning in life... meaning that religion or vice could not give him. He looks into their eyes and has finally found himself. (It's not specific whether it's the lady's or boy's eyes he looks into, but perhaps we can guess its both).
This song is very meaningful to me. Not sure why these other people would think he's singing about his 'girl' or his 'woman' (although that's part of it).
I think he is saying that in a crazy world where 'deceivers and believers' are all telling us what life is all about, and what its purpose is and what we should be doing with our life, he, like most people has spent his life trying to figure it out for himself. He looked to the stars (heaven), and bars (vice), but finally found it in his relationships.
"An[d]' in the shade of an oak down by the river, Sit an old man an' a boy, Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales, With a lady they both enjoy."
This is obviously a man, his son, and a 'lady' who is the mother figure. Likely he is saying he found life's meaning or 'something real' in his relationship with this lady and his son. We may likely infer that he fell in love with a lady, they had a son, and now he has found true meaning in life... meaning that religion or vice could not give him. He looks into their eyes and has finally found himself. (It's not specific whether it's the lady's or boy's eyes he looks into, but perhaps we can guess its both).