I just realized the singer of the song is the actual soN Of the old man. I’d always thought they were strangers. Should’ve occurre to me earlier. I do think a certain distance is implied in the lyric, as the final verse makes clear (now that I’m older I can see he was right), maybe that’s why I never thought they were father and son? Or I’m just slow on the uptake. Either way, great writing, if he disguised that well, but NOW I see it. Brilliant. Always my favorite JCM tune.
I just realized the singer of the song is the actual soN Of the old man. I’d always thought they were strangers. Should’ve occurre to me earlier. I do think a certain distance is implied in the lyric, as the final verse makes clear (now that I’m older I can see he was right), maybe that’s why I never thought they were father and son? Or I’m just slow on the uptake. Either way, great writing, if he disguised that well, but NOW I see it. Brilliant. Always my favorite JCM tune.