This song is a plaint for the benefit of a vacant, speechless, despairing homeless man who’s shunned by the passers-by. Jake Holmes makes the point that it’s not mere stinginess that keeps the walkers walking by – it’s fear of being lumped in with the poor fellow, a point made cynically by Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street. The instrumentation is sparer than the other songs in this album. It ends by connoting that the poor fellow is still a human being, with an inner humanity still left in him.
You can download this song here. It, plus 24 more, are free for new downloaders.
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