Though not immediately obvious, the references to " yellow Delaney" and "blue eyed drummer" and "red legged chicken" are flowers. Flowers sleep at night and spiders climb on flowers. I don't believe there is any deep or existential meaning here. It is night time in the song but the dawn will bring day light and the images described will empty into white. It is simply a whimsical story that rolls off the tongue so freely and creates pleasing images for us to see while listening... Songs often do not have deep meaning....
Though not immediately obvious, the references to " yellow Delaney" and "blue eyed drummer" and "red legged chicken" are flowers. Flowers sleep at night and spiders climb on flowers. I don't believe there is any deep or existential meaning here. It is night time in the song but the dawn will bring day light and the images described will empty into white. It is simply a whimsical story that rolls off the tongue so freely and creates pleasing images for us to see while listening... Songs often do not have deep meaning....