Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. We wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. A folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. A folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. It depends on who's playing and who's listening.

I lost my one true love. I started drinking.

Ain't it hard when you discover that, he wasn't really where it's at, after he took from you everything he could steal. How does it feel?

I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.

You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.

Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane.

[Bob] Dylan's broken-heart songs are so much better. Like "Simple Twist of Fate".