The stanzas are his thoughts before the murder, the chorus being the repetition of a confession to himself. My first impression was that this is literally about a disturbed man who committed murder. Key words and phrases may have been left out of the orginal poem or story that he created to fit the demands of the music/rhythm. His intent could have be to create a mood and the lyrics had to be cut up and incomplete. Some artist may do that intentionally and the song may be more or less metaphorical, I don't know. The song doesn't get old, b/c we're constantly analyzing it. Neil is painting a picture, purposely keeping it vague, allowing the listener to conjure various images and plots. I want to propose a hypothesis that may be true for many songs where we have difficulty finding the true meaning of the song (e.g. General CommentI've read the lyrics over and over as you all have. He just sat down and put his head down and he started thinking to himself "I'm all by myself here, there's nobody on my side." /fot/… There wasn't nothing he could do about it now though. He started getting mad again and he realized what he had done. And he looked out of the door - thru those bars - at this kind of wimpy looking sheriff out there. The sheriff walked up the sidewalk, he said "come with me son, I want to ask you a few questions".Īs he heard the jail door shut behind him he sat down on a little wooden bench.
#DOWN TO THE RIVER MILKY CHANCE LYRICS FULL#
It started sinkin' in on him what he'd done. Down by the river I was drawn by your grace Into tempest of oblivion And to the lovers-place I was stucked in a puddle Full of tears and unwise Dark doings now I know That we've paid unlike Honey, I know, hey When we walked arm in arm I felt like we can throw away The falseness of our past And I know, too It's been the hardest day for you Let's. About two hours later the sheriff's car pulled up out front. He went back to his house and he sat down on his front porch. Said "honey I hate to do this but you pushed me too far".īy the time he got back to town he knew he had to answer to somebody pretty quick. And he reached down in his pocket and he pulled a little revolver out. And he told her she'd been cheatin' on him one too many times. One afternoon he took a little stroll down thru a field and thru a forest, 'til he could hear the water running along there. He let the dark side side come thru a little too bright. I'd like to sing you a song about a guy who had a lot of trouble controlling himself. Neil Young introducing the song "Down By The River":
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