Question about song "Please Come to Boston" by Dave Loggins.

[raccoon]

Does "the man from Tennessee" refer to Elvis?

Please Come to Boston

Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm stayin' here with some friends
And they've got lots of room

You can sell your paintings
On the sidewalk
And by a cafe where
I hope to be workin' soon

Please come to Boston
She said, "No, boy you come home to me"

And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"

"I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee"

Please come to Denver to see the snowfall
Move up into the mountains
So far that we can't be found

And throw I love you echoes
Down the canyons
And then lie awake at night
'Til they come back around

Please come to Denver
She said, "No, boy you come home to me"

And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
Denver ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"

"I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee"

Now that drifter's world, goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
And of all the dreams

I've lost and found
And all that I ain't got
I need someone to cling to
Somebody I can sing to

Please come to L.A. to live forever
A California life alone
Is just too hard to live

I live in a house that, looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars
That fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill

Please come to L.A.
She said, "Boy you come home to me"

She said, "Hey ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
L.A. ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"

"I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee"


http://www.metrolyrics.com/please-come-to-boston-lyrics-kenny-chesney.html

Edited to have correct songwriter.

[antiquie]

1. I thought the man from Tennessee was the singer.

[pipi_k]

2. I never took it

that way...

Just a song about an ordinary guy from Tennessee who can't seem to find a place to settle down. Restless small town boy, big dreams...

[Iggo]

3. The man from Tennessee is the narrator.

He's quoting the woman, who's talking to him.

[pipi_k]

4. And the sad thing is...

He keeps wanting her to follow him around to chase a dream, and she keeps saying no, knowing that he'll never be happy in one place, and he just doesn't get it. But he does prove her point by turning up in different places, begging her to follow him.

He just never gets it...

[Iggo]

5. And he finally does settle down in L.A.

Sounds like he's done quite nice for himself, too.

"Please come to L. A. to live forever.
California life alone is just too hard to build.
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean.
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
And livin' up on the hill."

But she ain't budging. It's Tennessee or nothing.

[pipi_k]

6. Hmmm...could be...

Maybe by living in a house that's surrounded by former stars (has-beens who were only famous for a short time) he's acknowledging that he's never going to make it big, and giving up the search for fame and fortune.

and maybe she, because she knows his past, doesn't believe he'll give up searching no matter what he says...


I never actually thought about it that way before.

And it just makes the whole thing even more sad (for me).

[elleng]

7. Getting sad here.

Back to Kurdistan.

[Brigid]

8. Wow, I don't think I've heard that song in 35 years or more.

Takes me back.

[locks]

9. Great song

I heard Joan Baez sing it in Boston. Never got tired of her or that ramblin' boy from Tennessee who loved Denver.