Of course it is obvious to see the song as "about going back to the special place", but that doesn't take much to come to that interpretation. Along those lines you would think David Bowie's Space Oddity is about a man going to space, you are all being too literal. Space Oddity is not about going to space, just the same as Bow River is not about going back to Bow River.
It is about the loss of youth and being unable to face up to the demands of the adult world, and every second being obsessed with that loss and trying to find a way back.
He does say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says when he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. So we can infer that he cannot yet go back and he is spending his time hating the factory work and thinking about getting out, but unable to, until the last part of the song.
@MMFB2001 I meant NOT say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says WHEN he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. "
@MMFB2001 I meant NOT say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says WHEN he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. "
Of course it is obvious to see the song as "about going back to the special place", but that doesn't take much to come to that interpretation. Along those lines you would think David Bowie's Space Oddity is about a man going to space, you are all being too literal. Space Oddity is not about going to space, just the same as Bow River is not about going back to Bow River.
It is about the loss of youth and being unable to face up to the demands of the adult world, and every second being obsessed with that loss and trying to find a way back. He does say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says when he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. So we can infer that he cannot yet go back and he is spending his time hating the factory work and thinking about getting out, but unable to, until the last part of the song.
@MMFB2001 I meant NOT say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says WHEN he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. "
@MMFB2001 I meant NOT say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says WHEN he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. "