I agree with MockingSmile about interpretations reaching too far. This song to me seems to be all about innocence. When Judy writes "the saddest song" and "shows it to a boy", the narrator goes on to comment that she used to make him smile when he was young. He's talking about how she's changed, that she now is going about with boys and losing her childhood charm.
When she "does it with a boy" at a young age, she immediately begins to get lost as to who is is, a girl or a woman, and longs for her childhood back. She withdraws into "books & learning," and takes out a book that really makes here remember how happy she was in a more innocent sort of life. The dream she has is about her childhood, and how the simplest things are amazing when you're young. Has anyone ever seen a little girl who loves nothing more than her first pony because boys have cooties? It's that sort of innocence here.
And now she's walking the street trying to uncover her identity somehow, and she's not sure where she stands with her cohorts. The song is reminding her that if she ever gets discouraged in her search, she should remember that she came from a happy time and can be happy again. She just needs to find a way to make that happy innocence part of her present life. [The song about the dream of horses.]
I agree with MockingSmile about interpretations reaching too far. This song to me seems to be all about innocence. When Judy writes "the saddest song" and "shows it to a boy", the narrator goes on to comment that she used to make him smile when he was young. He's talking about how she's changed, that she now is going about with boys and losing her childhood charm.
When she "does it with a boy" at a young age, she immediately begins to get lost as to who is is, a girl or a woman, and longs for her childhood back. She withdraws into "books & learning," and takes out a book that really makes here remember how happy she was in a more innocent sort of life. The dream she has is about her childhood, and how the simplest things are amazing when you're young. Has anyone ever seen a little girl who loves nothing more than her first pony because boys have cooties? It's that sort of innocence here.
And now she's walking the street trying to uncover her identity somehow, and she's not sure where she stands with her cohorts. The song is reminding her that if she ever gets discouraged in her search, she should remember that she came from a happy time and can be happy again. She just needs to find a way to make that happy innocence part of her present life. [The song about the dream of horses.]
~Love this song. One of their best <3~