Lucinda Williams to your kids, who’ve just begun to put the meaning of lyrics together. We’ve long listened to “Sweet Old World”, but this morning, as we made our way past Six Blocks Away, which they love, not least of all because while he may be heartbroken, he still works in a donut shop, and into the other songs — He Never Got Enough Love, Pineola — and I’m in the position of trying to explain what it means when “mama ran off” or “his very own gun” or “found him lyin’ in his bed.”
Still, better than listening to the Wiggles.
