I don't know too much about that particular song, but one thing I do know is that Gord was very cautious in those days about protest songs. It was very difficult for him to get a green card to play in the States and he was very afraid of offending someone in power here who could just revoke the green card.
That's probably why the protest songs such as "Sit Down Young Stranger" and Viet Nam songs like "Summer Side of Life" were carefully veiled. And that's probably why you wonder sometimes what they're about. I think "Sit Down Young Stranger" is more of a protest song about the world in general and the way things have become. "Summer Side of Life" is more direct, but if you notice, there is no direct reference to the U.S., Nam or politics -- not that anyone could accuse Gord of.
He actually got in trouble with "Black Day in July" which was banned on many radio stations. So I guess after that, he decided to "tread with caution."
Just my opinion, though.
Stay loose, eh?
LAMS
------------------
"Love and maple syrup
go together like the
sticky winds of winter
when they meet....
If you go into the forest
Gaze up through the trees
The sky is white.
You can understand
What makes the forest
Greet the man
Like a mother's only
child ..."
|