Oh how they cried when the big man died
They spilled buckets out their eyes
Plain white faces
And plain gray stones
He took that white cocaine up his nose
Sing for that big man baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
But that won't bring him back to life now
When he went down
There was a trembling pull
And they came far and wide to the funeral
When the people showed up
They were broken-willed
They drank all day and they popped pills
Sing for that big man baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
But that won't bring him back to life now
Bones buried young
Bones buried deep
Bones that won't shake now lay to sleep
And he looks down, or he looks up
he was a good man
That was enough
Sing for that big man baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
But that won't bring him back to life now
Sing for that big man baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
But that won't bring him back to life now
Travis
Who is "Big Man" based on or who's it about? Can someone explain lyrics?