I think this song is about a guy in New York whose woman left him. She took everything he had and left him with their newborn baby. Naturally, he's worried about how things will turn out in the end.
When he says "There's a hole in my pocket
That's about her size" he's saying that she took all his money when she left.
I don't think the 2nd verse mentions L.A.
I think the second verse should read
"A smilin' face
Is tradin' away
The gifts I found at the bar"
In other words, she took all his things and pawned them or sold them.
Having this happen, and then hearing the news about New Orleans, he's beginning to wonder if things will really turn out alright. Then, he goes in to check on his sleeping son (Will)
and as he looks at him in his crib, he sees the serene look on his sleeping child's face. Beautiful!! It is then that the man realizes that yes, everything will turn out alright as he carries on with life with his new son.
What a great tune.
I think this song is about a guy in New York whose woman left him. She took everything he had and left him with their newborn baby. Naturally, he's worried about how things will turn out in the end.
When he says "There's a hole in my pocket That's about her size" he's saying that she took all his money when she left.
I don't think the 2nd verse mentions L.A. I think the second verse should read "A smilin' face Is tradin' away The gifts I found at the bar" In other words, she took all his things and pawned them or sold them.
Having this happen, and then hearing the news about New Orleans, he's beginning to wonder if things will really turn out alright. Then, he goes in to check on his sleeping son (Will) and as he looks at him in his crib, he sees the serene look on his sleeping child's face. Beautiful!! It is then that the man realizes that yes, everything will turn out alright as he carries on with life with his new son.