i feel extremly stupid because i have not a clue what these lyrics mean. BUT i fell in love w/ Gillian Welch when i heard this song cause it's the first on her cd.. then , i found this AMAZING live accoustic version of this song w/ Ryan Adams and Gillian Welch. wow. it's fantabulous... the harmonies... and the guitar... perfecto.
Too many comments to read them all, but I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" was that she was referring to is her parents - given she was adopted. Fortunes lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people...
Too many comments to read them all, but I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" was that she was referring to is her parents - given she was adopted. Fortunes lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people who brought her up weren't her real parents - however - queen of fakes and imitators - she behaves like she is their child and one of them, when underneath she really feels she is not. The understanding of this experience (which I feel is also my experience) is expressed in the book on experiences of adoption called "Primal Wound"
i feel extremly stupid because i have not a clue what these lyrics mean. BUT i fell in love w/ Gillian Welch when i heard this song cause it's the first on her cd.. then , i found this AMAZING live accoustic version of this song w/ Ryan Adams and Gillian Welch. wow. it's fantabulous... the harmonies... and the guitar... perfecto.
Too many comments to read them all, but I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" was that she was referring to is her parents - given she was adopted. Fortunes lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people...
Too many comments to read them all, but I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" was that she was referring to is her parents - given she was adopted. Fortunes lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people who brought her up weren't her real parents - however - queen of fakes and imitators - she behaves like she is their child and one of them, when underneath she really feels she is not. The understanding of this experience (which I feel is also my experience) is expressed in the book on experiences of adoption called "Primal Wound"