On the Road Again

Canned Heat

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(x3) Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again. Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again. I ain't got no woman, just to call my special friend.              You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and snow. You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and snow. I didn't have no payroll, not even no place to go.             And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. She said "Lord have mercy, on my wicked son."              (x3) Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.             And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay.             But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself. But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself. I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else.             . . . .

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La chanson évoque le sentiment de solitude et de mélancolie d'un homme qui se retrouve sur les routes, fuyant une vie qu'il ne supporte plus. En dépit de sa tristesse, il continue d'avancer, conscient qu'il ne peut pas compter sur personne d'autre qu'il-même. Le personnage se remémore des souvenirs de son enfance, marqués par l'absence de sa mère, et exprime un besoin de quitter la ville pour échapper aux conflits qui l’entourent. C’est une quête de liberté, même si cette liberté est teintée de nostalgie et de résignation. Dans ce voyage, il envisage de mettre de côté ses sentiments pour aller de l’avant, une métaphore de la lutte contre ses propres démons.