What a Way to Go
Navigating Life's Crossroads: What a Way to Go
Lyrics
I met a man out on a bridge pier
The narrator encounters a man on a bridge pier.
He said he's gonna jump to save his soul
The man expresses his intention to jump off the bridge to save his soul.
I said what's the world done to make you mad man
The narrator inquires about the reasons for the man's distress.
He said sit down son now here's the dope
The man asks the narrator to sit down and shares his perspective.
I can't find work 'cause I'm a blind man
The man claims to be unemployed due to his blindness.
I can't see but sometimes I can see the light
Despite his blindness, the man occasionally sees the light.
Now is my life a labor of love or is my life a love of labor
The man questions whether his life is devoted to love or labor.
I still got a hollow feeling in my life
The man still feels an emptiness in his life.
What a way to go
The repeated lines emphasize the sentiment of contemplating one's fate.
What a way to go
-What a way to go
-What a way to go
-I met this girl her name escapes me
The narrator recalls meeting a girl whose name he can't remember.
Said son I'd love you to be my man
The girl expresses a desire for the narrator to be her man.
She wrote her name out on a dollar
She writes her name on a dollar bill, which the narrator spends on a shot of alcohol.
I spent that dollar on a shot of jim
The narrator reflects on spending the dollar on a shot of alcohol.
Spent it on a shot of jim
-I talked him down and then I walked off
The narrator talks the man down from the bridge.
I turned around and he was gone himself
Upon turning around, the man has disappeared, having jumped off himself.
A mile down the road it came upon me
A realization hits the narrator a mile down the road that he saved himself.
It was me I talked off that ledge
The repeated lines underscore the impact of the narrator's actions in saving himself.
It was me I talked off that ledge
-It was me I talked off that ledge
-What a way to go
The repeated lines echo the theme of reflecting on the profound nature of life's journey.
What a way to go
-What a way to go
-
Comment