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老歌亂談(183)Detroit City

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對於離開家鄉農村赴大城市工作打拼的人來說,往往未能如預期,雖然找到工作留了下來,但其實生活過得是頗為辛苦,而為了維持愚蠢的自尊 ( 家鄉親友以為他過得很好 ),不願就此打包行李,故也只有在夢中才能回到所思念的故鄉。Bobby Bare的這首《Detroit City》,就是訴說著遊子的這番心境。 

這首歌在1963推出後獲得告示牌鄉村單曲排行榜第6名,同時也成為了當時鄉村音樂的流行曲風。同年,這首歌也為Bobby Bare贏得了一座最佳鄉村和西部歌曲的葛萊美獎。 

聽這首歌,也很容易會想起The Becah Boys的《Sloop John B》,兩首歌的旋律和涵意都有些類似。Tom Jones 在1968也翻唱此曲,但味道還是差了一些。







I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
[ guitar ]
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones the ones that I left waitin' so far behind
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home

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