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[Verse 1]

Sailing down behind the sun

Waiting for my prince to come

Praying for the healing rain

To restore my soul again

Just a toerag on the run

How did I get here?

What have I done?

When will all my hopes arise?

How will I know him? ...

... The song is inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father, who died in 1985. Describing how Clapton wishes he knew his father, “My Father’s Eyes” also refers to the brief life of Clapton’s son Conor, who died at age four after falling from an apartment window. “In it I tried to describe the parallel between looking in the eyes of my son, and the eyes of the father that I never met, through the chain of our blood”, said Clapton in his autobiography. ...

Ich habe gerade gegoogelt und festgestellt, dass die ursprüngliche Bedeutung tatsächlich 'tramp' ist (was ich nicht wusste), ich kenne es aber als (etwas altmodische) Beleidigung. Collins hat:

noun

British slang

a contemptible or despicable person

Also mit Vorsicht zu gebrauchen ;-)