This song is a true story about Ronnie's life.
His mother left the family, unable to raise them as she did acids (chemicals), He doesn't know what she's really like (No recollection or the smell of your perfume).
His brother does drugs, needles, and he needs to get away. His girlfriend is pregnant, too.(Soon you'll have kids to feed).
His father was a hardworking, single man, who worked so hard he barely knew his kids.