What a shock but a delight to be the first on this website to comment on this song. I think the meaning is fairly straightforward. But from what I have gathered it was written by the Doobie Brothers piano player and lead singer Michael McDonald. He partly got inspiration from his sister Maureen who had written a college essay. The line, "Take this message to my brother,” comes straight from the essay. It is about living in the poverty and despair in the inner city. It addresses people who live in much better circumstances: "You don't know my kind in your world").
What a shock but a delight to be the first on this website to comment on this song. I think the meaning is fairly straightforward. But from what I have gathered it was written by the Doobie Brothers piano player and lead singer Michael McDonald. He partly got inspiration from his sister Maureen who had written a college essay. The line, "Take this message to my brother,” comes straight from the essay. It is about living in the poverty and despair in the inner city. It addresses people who live in much better circumstances: "You don't know my kind in your world").