Since this song is the last track on the album "tea for the tillerman", I think it references other tracks
Like the first line (tea for the tillerman), might reference "Longer Boats" (since a tillerman means a boatman), "steak for the son" (is how I think it is spelled) might mean "Father and Son", "Wine for the woman who made the rain come" I'm assuming might be for the song "Sad Lisa", "while the sinners sin, the children play" might be "Where do the children play".
Since this song is the last track on the album "tea for the tillerman", I think it references other tracks
Like the first line (tea for the tillerman), might reference "Longer Boats" (since a tillerman means a boatman), "steak for the son" (is how I think it is spelled) might mean "Father and Son", "Wine for the woman who made the rain come" I'm assuming might be for the song "Sad Lisa", "while the sinners sin, the children play" might be "Where do the children play".
Thats what I think the song is about.