On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha
You can listen to the engines moaning out as one note song
You think about the woman or the girl you knew the night before
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But your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do
When youre riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through
When youre riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through
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Here I am - on the road againThere I am - up on the stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page
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So you walk into this restaurant strung out from the roadAnd you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode
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Yeah, most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can
All the same old cliches; "Is it woman? Is it man?"
And you always seem outnumbered, you dont dare make a stand
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Make your stand*
Here I am - on the road againThere I am - up on the stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page
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Out there in the spotlight, you're a million miles awayEvery ounce of energy you try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play
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Later in the evening, you lie awake in bedWith the echoes of the amplifiers ringing in your head
You smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said
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What she said*
Here I am - on the road againThere I am - up on a stage
Here I go - playing star again
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There I goAnd Im gone
4 comments:
I've seen the video clip of this song (in your home). This means I know the story. But now that the moving pictures are gone, now that I read the lyrics alone, I wonder if it tells the story as it was pictured in the clip, or as you explained it to me. Maybe it does recount it, but only partly, hm?!
Anyway, my qustions are:
1. Who's the probable speaker?
2. Who's the "she" in "she said"?
3. Is it a good poem?
You're right!
I think:
At the first two stanzas the poet talks to the reader -particularly a man-. Then, I think, we got a turning point right here, where you -maybe by seeing other girls on the highway where you drive-, remember "her" again and hear she says:
Here I am - on the road again
There I am - up on the stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page
From this stanza on, this is "the girl" who's talking.
But you, the reader, is still thinking about her -whom you visited the night brfore- and later in the evening...:
Later in the evening, you lie awake in bed
With the echoes of the amplifiers ringing in your head
You smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said
N you remember what "she" said;
Here I am - on the road again
There I am - up on a stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page
And that's it.
But I think there are also other interpretations.
Sometimes even you got the two characters, the man and the woman, some kindda merged I suppose. Since the man is driving and thinking about the woman he may have seen the day before at the same place on a highway. It may lead to such a mixture. See this:
So you walk into this restaurant strung out from the road (who walked into the restaurant?!)
And you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode.
This is what I think about the poem!
I'm not the poet, after all! :)
Great song. Love it, Love it, Love it.
The thing about lyrics is that, unlike what most people, especially Iranians, due to their close affiliation with Persian poetry, believe, the words to a song need not necessarily be something with a strong theme holding the various images together. Please note that the song was originally written and sung by a country artist, and country music is all about 'rural, country life', and that is exactly what this song is about.
He is talking about his performance in different bars and clubs, which happen to be on the road. He speaks of how he's bad-mouthed upon his entrance on to the stage, by those watching him, concerning his appearance.
His mind is also preoccupied with a girl he'd been with recently. We are not, however, told about the nature of the message he recieved.
All in all, I think good lyrics need not necessarily be profound in meaning. Simple lines such as those in this song are in complete harmony with the music it is accompanied by and gives us a feel for what the songwriter is saying.
Thanks again for the lyrics, truly marvelous.
cheers,
براي تو و خويش چشماني آرزو مي كنم كه چراغ ها و نشانه ها را در ظلماتمان ببيند.
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