[mystery met]

My current take on it is that it's about Gord, himself. I'm still trying to reconcile the "he"'s and "his"' in the first paragraph with the "i's" and "my"'s of the rest of the song. Perhaps the first paragraph his own perception of his homecomings, with the rest being his assessment of his life. Or the first paragraph is a nod to his father's homecomings. Either way, the "I've gotten more than most... and yet" gets me every time.

I think you are right. I have always assumed this is about himself.