This is a song with very straightforward lyrics, but it still conveys a sense of mixed emotions. On the ‘June 1st 1974’ album version Kevin changes the “musical ladies” and “crazed young men” part of the second verse to: “Well we all live for pleasure/ And some find it in pain/ And we all let our treasure/ Slip right down the drain.” So it’s bleaker, and the whole track has got a decidedly eerie feel to it. But it’s still a very beautiful song.
There’s maybe a sense of wonder in there - at how overwhelming those emotions can be. Also a sense that this stuff keeps happening, and there’s nothing we can do about it when it does... he doesn’t call it a Blues song for nothing!
This is a song with very straightforward lyrics, but it still conveys a sense of mixed emotions. On the ‘June 1st 1974’ album version Kevin changes the “musical ladies” and “crazed young men” part of the second verse to: “Well we all live for pleasure/ And some find it in pain/ And we all let our treasure/ Slip right down the drain.” So it’s bleaker, and the whole track has got a decidedly eerie feel to it. But it’s still a very beautiful song.
There’s maybe a sense of wonder in there - at how overwhelming those emotions can be. Also a sense that this stuff keeps happening, and there’s nothing we can do about it when it does... he doesn’t call it a Blues song for nothing!