Lyric discussion by michael1986 

After reading the words as the song played in iTunes this sonmg became more powerful to me.

Many references to him being without the girl he loves and wants (I think they've split, as opposed to a long distance) and he's gone off either travelling or just wandering. He gets drunk, he can have girls if he wants but he's still lonely without the one he wants. The King's ransom in dimes line is quite stunning.

And because he cant be with her, every night he hurts (bed of roses -> bed of nails)

I only like the last line of your comment, because you get it right here. But they didn't split, they 9Jon & Dorothea) are separted by a long distance since Jon was away on the road. Yeah, the song I heard is very personal and about his living on the road and missing his wife/home.

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