I think that was what he was trying to accomplish in metaphor, but he kinda screws it up. My interpretation was his using the metaphor of paying off a debt (literally or figuratively), in relation to personal responsibility? Like, should it be hard to be a "better" person to your fellow man, when you reach a certain age where you know you could/should be able to, but your the selfishness that you have recently grown out of still wins out once in a while. It seems to come so close to making sense, but then it loses me. Then I read in "Shakey" a couple of years back, that Neil Young doesn't really like this song of his anymore, strictly because he doesn't think this chorus makes sense either. "Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself, when your old enough to repay, but young enough to sell". I've always loved the song "Tell Me Why", except it frustrates me that I can't grasp this one chorus, which stops me from being able to fully appreciate the song/try to relate it to my own life:
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