[I’m pretty much combining a bunch of people’s ideas, as well as my own, on this]
Old man river
[old man (wise) river (quick fast turns, life) – just wisdom]
said you can just go your own way
[once again, choosing your own way (down the river)]
if you just leave him alone
[just don’t bother him for the answers (do your own thang)]
It doesn't matter
[the classic, “It doesn’t matter what other people think”]
Do not deliver all your things today
[ have you ever been in one of those situations where you try so hard to show a person who you are but it all just comes out in a jumble and wears you out? I think that’s what that is about]
we are going home
[this is letting go of trying to please]
Mama, we're now so hungry
[mcm42085 explained it well- “hungry for a taste of freedom, to live life”]
Mama, we're now so hungry
Mama, we're now so hungry
Mama, we're now so...hungry
I've got bats in the belfry
[I’m going crazy… tired of society]
I'm in the kitchen boiling society
[so screw it…]
I'm in the open catching all the leaves
[dontcha just love that image? FREEDOM!!!]
We all see what we want
[More freedom…]
{Repeat whole thing}
[and now my favorite part J ]
I have a crazy idiosyncrasy
[I have a crazy ‘strange and individual characteristic’– meaning that they are themselves]
Its affinity to serendipity
[It’s ‘a natural attraction’ to ‘the occasion(s) of making lucky discoveries by accident’-that’s straightforward]
And this eternal epiphany
[And this ‘never-ending’ ‘demonstration of the essence or meaning of something’- aaahh, life.]
No hypocrisy or duplicity
[No ‘acts of such falseness’ or ‘deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech’– as so often presented by society]
[I’m pretty much combining a bunch of people’s ideas, as well as my own, on this]
Old man river [old man (wise) river (quick fast turns, life) – just wisdom] said you can just go your own way [once again, choosing your own way (down the river)] if you just leave him alone [just don’t bother him for the answers (do your own thang)]
It doesn't matter [the classic, “It doesn’t matter what other people think”] Do not deliver all your things today [ have you ever been in one of those situations where you try so hard to show a person who you are but it all just comes out in a jumble and wears you out? I think that’s what that is about] we are going home [this is letting go of trying to please]
Mama, we're now so hungry [mcm42085 explained it well- “hungry for a taste of freedom, to live life”] Mama, we're now so hungry Mama, we're now so hungry Mama, we're now so...hungry
I've got bats in the belfry [I’m going crazy… tired of society] I'm in the kitchen boiling society [so screw it…] I'm in the open catching all the leaves [dontcha just love that image? FREEDOM!!!] We all see what we want [More freedom…]
{Repeat whole thing}
[and now my favorite part J ] I have a crazy idiosyncrasy [I have a crazy ‘strange and individual characteristic’– meaning that they are themselves] Its affinity to serendipity [It’s ‘a natural attraction’ to ‘the occasion(s) of making lucky discoveries by accident’-that’s straightforward] And this eternal epiphany [And this ‘never-ending’ ‘demonstration of the essence or meaning of something’- aaahh, life.] No hypocrisy or duplicity [No ‘acts of such falseness’ or ‘deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech’– as so often presented by society]
[and the rest just repeats]