I always heard this song from a frightened young mans point of view. He doubts he will be able to provide for his girlfriend, he nicknamed Cinderella, and their child. He tries to get her to leave with a kind of plee for her to get out while she can. Kind of like releasing an animal back into the wild with a shoo shoo kind of gesture. Time passes and we find the old man sitting on the porch reminiscing with Cinderella sitting next to him. He realizing it all worked out fine for the family and understands Cinderella deserved more than he ever could ever give her. With a sence of understading and gatitude he turns to Cinderella to ask why she didn't run away from him when she had every reason to do so. Turns out Cinderella was the one that knew the meaning of the word LOVE all along and not the other way atound.
@roger10566
I agree with your view on this song, despite what the writer says it was about. The words indicate she never left, he observed her and the boy as he grew older, says she still should have gone away.
The other part of his looking back in his regrets is ....did he provide the things a boy needs growing up. It seems he was there for his son, a big part of what a boy needs in his life.
@roger10566
I agree with your view on this song, despite what the writer says it was about. The words indicate she never left, he observed her and the boy as he grew older, says she still should have gone away.
The other part of his looking back in his regrets is ....did he provide the things a boy needs growing up. It seems he was there for his son, a big part of what a boy needs in his life.
I always heard this song from a frightened young mans point of view. He doubts he will be able to provide for his girlfriend, he nicknamed Cinderella, and their child. He tries to get her to leave with a kind of plee for her to get out while she can. Kind of like releasing an animal back into the wild with a shoo shoo kind of gesture. Time passes and we find the old man sitting on the porch reminiscing with Cinderella sitting next to him. He realizing it all worked out fine for the family and understands Cinderella deserved more than he ever could ever give her. With a sence of understading and gatitude he turns to Cinderella to ask why she didn't run away from him when she had every reason to do so. Turns out Cinderella was the one that knew the meaning of the word LOVE all along and not the other way atound.
@roger10566 I agree with your view on this song, despite what the writer says it was about. The words indicate she never left, he observed her and the boy as he grew older, says she still should have gone away. The other part of his looking back in his regrets is ....did he provide the things a boy needs growing up. It seems he was there for his son, a big part of what a boy needs in his life.
@roger10566 I agree with your view on this song, despite what the writer says it was about. The words indicate she never left, he observed her and the boy as he grew older, says she still should have gone away. The other part of his looking back in his regrets is ....did he provide the things a boy needs growing up. It seems he was there for his son, a big part of what a boy needs in his life.