This song by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (written by Shel Silverstein) talks about how man depends on woman. The man in this song looks exhausted and perhaps given up all hopes about any future. It is woman who would give any hope for him to cling onto life so that he will feel alive. The line 'if I can lean onto you' clearly displays the dependent nature of man especially when fallen to the ground. Dr. Hook's approach to this song is fabulous is different from that of 'The Cover of the Rolling Stone' or even from 'Sylvia's Mother'. My doubt is whether the present seductive womanhood in a highly commercialized context can save us from the human catastrophe that we are now facing. Will she save us or will she traumatize us more and more?
This song by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (written by Shel Silverstein) talks about how man depends on woman. The man in this song looks exhausted and perhaps given up all hopes about any future. It is woman who would give any hope for him to cling onto life so that he will feel alive. The line 'if I can lean onto you' clearly displays the dependent nature of man especially when fallen to the ground. Dr. Hook's approach to this song is fabulous is different from that of 'The Cover of the Rolling Stone' or even from 'Sylvia's Mother'. My doubt is whether the present seductive womanhood in a highly commercialized context can save us from the human catastrophe that we are now facing. Will she save us or will she traumatize us more and more?