emmylou herself said this is the kind of song that is open for interpretations, and can mean anything you want. To me, this is a song that hits personally, because i think it is about lost hopes, lost future. Especially the part ''on a highway out alone to find the mother of your children who were still unborn and waiting in the wings of some desire abandoned long ago''. I always wanted to have children, but now with the global warming and human evilness increasing, i lost all my hopes of a future, a marriage and a family. So, to me, this is a song about lost dreams, just like red dirt girl.
emmylou herself said this is the kind of song that is open for interpretations, and can mean anything you want. To me, this is a song that hits personally, because i think it is about lost hopes, lost future. Especially the part ''on a highway out alone to find the mother of your children who were still unborn and waiting in the wings of some desire abandoned long ago''. I always wanted to have children, but now with the global warming and human evilness increasing, i lost all my hopes of a future, a marriage and a family. So, to me, this is a song about lost dreams, just like red dirt girl.