Early Morning Rain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by quamp 

Cover art for Early Morning Rain lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot

Well, to me this is what he's saying. He is missing his lover and wants to go back to her. However, he doesn't have enough money to buy a plane ticket to her. Plane travel was a bit more expensive than it is today in the 1960's. However, as pointed out, he spent all his money getting drunk, and now regrets doing so.

@quamp yes. It’s too bad he couldn’t jump a train. When I first heard this people were still doing that. But if you have a long way to go it can be tough. Especially if you had the money to fly, and blew it