Vagabond Ways
Vagabond Ways: A Journey Through Life's Choices
Lyrics
Oh, doctor please, oh, doctor please
Requesting help or advice from a doctor.
I drink and I take drugs
Admission of consuming alcohol and drugs.
I love sex and I move around a lot
Expressing enjoyment of sexual activities and a tendency to frequently change locations.
I had my first baby at fourteen
Revealing that the speaker became a mother at the age of fourteen.
And yes, I guess I do have vagabond ways
Admitting to possessing a lifestyle characterized by wandering or nomadic behavior.
Yes, I guess I do have vagabond ways
Reiterating the acknowledgment of having a wandering lifestyle.
Oh, doctor please, oh, doctor please
Repetition of seeking assistance from a doctor.
I think you've made a mistake
Disagreeing with the doctor's assessment of the speaker's condition and choices.
I'm fine and I don't need people
Claiming self-sufficiency and independence, implying no need for others.
You don't understand all my choices
Asserting that others don't comprehend or understand the speaker's decisions.
But yes, I guess I do have vagabond ways
Admitting once again to having a vagabond or nomadic lifestyle.
Yes, I guess I do have vagabond ways
Reiterating the acknowledgment of having a wandering lifestyle.
Please, don't lock me up, please, let me stay free
Begging not to be confined or restricted, pleading for freedom.
If you let me go, I promise I'll never come back
Promising not to return if granted freedom.
I'll take a ship across the sea
Expressing a willingness to travel across the sea if allowed to leave.
I'm young and poor and yes I'm afraid
Stating youth, poverty, and fear, yet expressing a commitment to maintain one's individuality and wandering lifestyle.
But I'll stay myself and keep my vagabond ways
Promising to preserve one's own identity and nomadic behavior.
It was a long time ago
Referring to a distant past.
They took her child away and she was sterilized
Describing a situation where a woman lost her child and underwent sterilization, presumably due to societal judgments or interventions.
She died of the drink and the drugs
Indicating the cause of death due to excessive alcohol and drug use.
And yes, I guess she kept those vagabond ways
Suggesting that the deceased woman continued to live a nomadic lifestyle despite societal consequences.
Yes, I guess she kept those vagabond ways
Reiterating the notion that the deceased woman maintained her nomadic lifestyle.
Yes, I guess she kept those vagabond ways
Reaffirming that the deceased woman persisted in her wandering or nomadic ways until her death.
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