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When I receive the blessing I've got coming
I'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of water
And toast the living and the dead who've gone before me
And my head will throb like an old wound reopening
When I get off the bus down there my children
They all are going to greet me at the station
Like gypsies they will dance around me
And the choral droning sound their voices make will saturate the evening
When I get off the wheel I'm going to stop
And make amends to everyone I've wounded
And when I wave my magic wand
Those few who've slipped the surly bonds will rise like salmon at the spawning
I'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of water
And toast the living and the dead who've gone before me
And my head will throb like an old wound reopening
When I get off the bus down there my children
They all are going to greet me at the station
Like gypsies they will dance around me
And the choral droning sound their voices make will saturate the evening
When I get off the wheel I'm going to stop
And make amends to everyone I've wounded
And when I wave my magic wand
Those few who've slipped the surly bonds will rise like salmon at the spawning
Lyrics submitted by I'm a Pirate
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I think this song is about being in a twelve step program such as AA and becoming "happy joyous and free"
"the blessing I've got coming" is the promises of being happy when youre sober.
"I'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of water" is drinking water instead of alcohol/drugs.
"And make amends to everyone I've wounded" is one of the steps.
"Those few who've slipped the surly bonds will rise like salmon at the spawning" could be a reference to death, since there seems to be a lot of references to dead people in this song, or it could be talking about the living death of addiction, and the people who slipped the surly bonds are people who recovered.