I have a somewhat different interpretation to what most people seem to be getting out of this song. Its a song about him being on the road and being a traveling entertainer. The people hes speaking of when he says he wouldn't trade places with hes talking about the people who are in the mountains/plains. He understands that he cant become that person without starting again from birth and forgetting everything hes learned about the world due to his unique perspective. he IS the motion picture to them, and they are the motion picture to him.
He admits that being on the road bores him, but the motion picture he creates for the people in the mountains brings them happiness and in turn creates a situation that he cannot run from or "shut off" unless he were to start all over again.
I have a somewhat different interpretation to what most people seem to be getting out of this song. Its a song about him being on the road and being a traveling entertainer. The people hes speaking of when he says he wouldn't trade places with hes talking about the people who are in the mountains/plains. He understands that he cant become that person without starting again from birth and forgetting everything hes learned about the world due to his unique perspective. he IS the motion picture to them, and they are the motion picture to him. He admits that being on the road bores him, but the motion picture he creates for the people in the mountains brings them happiness and in turn creates a situation that he cannot run from or "shut off" unless he were to start all over again.