Go Be Young
Embracing Youth: Escaping Regrets
Lyrics
Perfumed and smoky
Expressing a mix of pleasant fragrance and smokiness.
She swears that she knows me
She claims to have familiarity with the speaker.
She's falling down drunk again
She is intoxicated and stumbling, possibly emotionally.
I say she's mistaken
The speaker denies her claim, suggesting she's mistaken.
She's visibly shaken
She is visibly disturbed or upset.
Emotions all drowned in gin
Her emotions are overwhelmed by alcohol.
She said I used to be beautiful
She reminisces about the speaker's past beauty.
But now it's all gone
Implying a loss of that beauty in the present.
I let my dreams slip away from me
The speaker acknowledges letting go of dreams.
That's where it went wrong
Suggesting that's where things went wrong.
Go be young, go be free
Encouragement to embrace youth and freedom.
Follow your heart where it leads you
Advising to follow one's heart without restrictions.
Don't end up like me
Warning against ending up in a regrettable situation.
The Indian in the guardhouse used to spin me yarns
Recollection of stories from an Indian in a guardhouse.
Stories of canyons and Boston in winter
Mention of tales about canyons and Boston in winter.
And losing his family's farms
Referring to the loss of the Indian's family farms.
He said I've outlived my three sons, they died in three wars
Details about the Indian outliving his three sons who died in wars.
I laughed and I cried while they lived and they died
Mixed emotions of laughter and tears during their lives and deaths.
And I know that they deserve more
Recognition that the sons deserved more.
Go be young, go be free
Reiteration of encouraging youth and freedom.
Follow your heart where it leads you
Repeating the advice to follow one's heart.
Don't end up like me
Re-emphasizing the caution against a regrettable outcome.
Perfumed and smoky
Restatement of the initial scene with perfumed and smoky elements.
I'm falling down drunk again
The speaker is now the one falling down drunk.
I say she's mistaken
Reiteration that the woman is mistaken in her assessment.
She's visibly shaken
She is visibly disturbed or upset again.
Emotions all drowned in gin
Her emotions remain influenced by alcohol.
I say I used to be powerful
The speaker claims to have been powerful in the past.
But now it's all gone
Similar to line 8, implying a loss of that power.
I let my dreams take control of me
The speaker admits letting dreams take control.
That's where it went wrong
Suggesting that's where things went wrong, echoing line 10.
Go be young, go be free
Final encouragement to embrace youth and freedom.
Follow your heart where it leads you
Final repetition of advising to follow one's heart.
Don't end up like me
Final warning against ending up in a regrettable situation.
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