I thought it was just some fictional girl he made up. That is until I came to this site,now I think it's about a past love of his possibly. That's my best summation.
When I heard it as a 6 year old,I thought he was singing to the actual sunset!
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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone
The song is about being with a prostitute and drinking too much. Sundown to me is the sun going down and finding him "feeling better cause he's feeling no pain". In other words drunk
The song is about being with a prostitute and drinking too much. Sundown to me is the sun going down and finding him "feeling better cause he's feeling no pain". In other words drunk