I believe that this song would be playing within Holden's head on page 38, as he types his composition about Allie's baseball glove. Parts of the song capture how valuable youth and innocence are. However, Holden, pining for his innocence and youth, feels depressed. Like the song suggests, he would "wish he had a gun" out of melancholy for his deceased brother, and the youth and nonchalance that died with him.
Thesis: The song reflects Holden's depression in the ways that he wants childhood ways back, and conveys severe depression because of not letting his past go.
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