DANDY MAN is one of those “I want to write a song” songs. In that there was no particular inspiration for it. I just decided one day to write a song and did.
And it seems that i came up with a song about a down on his luck guy who still has hopes for better, brighter days.
Appropriately, DANDY MAN is a shuffle style tune, just a kicking a can down the street kind of thing.
It’s not a sad song really. There’s a lot of hope in it. And that is what keeps him—and me—going.