2012년 4월 18일 수요일

Alabama -- Neil Young


Oh Alabama  The devil fools  with the best laid plan. Swing low Alabama
You got spare change You got to feel strange And now the moment
is all that it meant.  Alabama, you got  the weight on your shoulders
That's breaking your back. Your Cadillac  has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track

Oh Alabama Banjos playing  through the broken glass  Windows down in Alabama.
See the old folks  tied in white ropes Hear the banjo. Don't it take you down home?
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders That's breaking your back.
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch  And a wheel on the track

Oh Alabama.  Can I see you  and shake your hand. Make friends down in Alabama.
I'm from a new land I come to you  and see all this ruin  What are you doing Alabama?
You got the rest of the union  to help you along  What's going wrong? 

This song might be seen as a follow-up to Young's superior 1970 song "Southern Man" from After The Gold Rush. Canadian-born Young abhorred the idea of racism and spoke out - loudly - about his feelings. This song went unnoticed by most, but combined with the previous effort, it caused Lynyrd Skynyrd to pen their Southern Rock classic "Sweet Home Alabama" in response to Young's assertions.


           


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