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Drive-By Truckers - The Three Great Alabama Icons
Nach The Trapeze Swinger der zweitbeste Songtext den ich dieses Jahrzehnt gehört habe.
Gruß
Nach The Trapeze Swinger der zweitbeste Songtext den ich dieses Jahrzehnt gehört habe.
I grew up in North Alabama, back in the 1970's
When dinosaurs still roamed the earth
Speaking of course of the Three Great Alabama Icons:
George Wallace, Bear Bryant and Ronnie Van Zant
Now Ronnie Van Zant wasn’t from Alabama, he was from Florida
He was a huge Neil Young fan
But in the tradition of Merle Haggard writin’ Okie from Muskogee
To tell his dad’s point of view about the hippies ‘n Vietnam
Ronnie felt that the other side of the story should be told
[...]
And Bear Bryant wore a cool lookin’ red checkered hat and won football games
And there’s few things more loved in Alabama than football
And the men who know how to win at it
So when the Bear would come to town, there’d be a parade
And me, I was one a’ them pussy boys cause I hated football, so I got a guitar
But a guitar was a poor substitute for a football with the girls in my high school
So my band hit the road
[...]
You know racism is a worldwide problem
And it's been since the beginning of recorded history
And it ain't just white and black, but thanks to George Wallace
It's always a little more convenient to play it with a Southern accent
[...]
And Wallace spent the rest of his life trying to explain away his racist past
And in 1982 won his last term in office with over 90% of the black vote
Such is the Duality of the Southern Thing
And George Wallace died back in '98 and he's in Hell now
But not because he's a racist
His track record as a judge and his late-life quest for redemption
Make a good argument for his being at worst
No worse than most white men of his generation, North or South
But because of his blind ambition and his hunger for votes
He turned a blind eye to the suffering of Black America
And he became a pawn in the fight against the Civil Rights cause
Fortunately for him, the Devil is also a Southerner
Gruß
