Travelin' Man
Wandering Soul: The Journey of a Travelin' Man
Lyrics
Yeah I've got my gun
The speaker has a firearm.
I'm heading down the coast
They are traveling along the coastline.
Yeah I'm on the run
The speaker is fleeing or escaping.
Running from that ghost
They are running away from a haunting or troubling past.
Don't have a single bag
No luggage is carried.
No extra change of clothes
There's no spare set of clothes.
Half a tank of gas
The car's gas tank is halfway full.
Four hundred miles to go
The speaker has 400 miles remaining in their journey.
No I can't stop
The speaker won't pause or rest.
Until I get back home
They are determined to return home.
Where that is
The exact location of home is uncertain.
I really don't know
The speaker doesn't know precisely where their home is.
Ninety Five gets lonely
The road (Interstate 95) feels desolate or isolating after dark.
Once the sun goes down
The surroundings seem lonely once night falls.
Headlights look like faces
The car headlights resemble familiar faces from the speaker's hometown.
From my old hometown
The headlights trigger memories of the speaker's past in their hometown.
And I can't stop
The speaker is resolute about reaching home.
Until I get back home
They are determined to arrive at their uncertain home.
Where that is
Similar to line 13, the exact location of home is unknown.
I truly don't know
The speaker genuinely doesn't have knowledge of where home is.
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