Intro To Song To A Seagull (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) [2nd Set]

If you've every lived in the small town, or in a small country, sort of rural area, where you had the freedom to walk out into the fields or into the forests or into a slew, or whatever you like to walk into, erm, and then you were suddenly transplanted into, into a big city, and expect to be a city person, you're bound to be full of contradictions and confections and things, because the city does funny things to you, and yet you still remember all of the wonderful things and the freedom of the country

So, you get people saying things like "I'm gonna be a hermit", and "I'm gonna go off and I'm gonna live in the woods and I'm gonna catch rabbits and cook them and stew them up, and I'm just gonna be completely independent", and err, that's really hard after you've lived in the city for a while, no matter where you've lived before, because you get used to city-fied things like escalators and cafeterias and err, supermarkets, things like that, and the local discotheque where everybody hangs out, right

You would miss the local gang if you tried to be a hermit

So people say all sorts of romantic things, and they try to identify with birds and they say "Wow, I wish I could have that kind of freedom."

But it isn't really very realistic

That's what this song is about

I, I think I'll be alright on this one, thanks, thanks Derek