Captain Jim's Drunken Dream

James Taylor

Transposer:

Now you country fools in your one-horse town you can laugh at me It’s plain as rain that you’ve never been down to the southern sea To see me now is like watching a fish on dry land I only wish you could see me down in the is- lands Mister that’s my home What a fool I was to leave the only happiness I’ve known. You see me comin’ you wink your eye and call me Captain Jim And when I don’t do nothin’ but to walk on by you say "Baby get a load of him." All I need is the sea and the sky and I know where I stand instead of you hicks straight out of the sticks deciding I ain’t a man You’ll never understand; Up here I’m just a whiskey bum but down there I’m a king It sounds just like the angels up in heaven when they sing: "Welcome home welcome home." -- Such a sight to see instead of some Salvation Army sister singin’ "Nearer My God to Thee." Now I know that the Yankee whiskey is takin’ away my mind and I know that run is the only drink suitable to man-kind And I know that this tree I’m under is shaped entirely wrong I need to see a gentle palm tree and I won’t wait too long I can feel that it’s comin’ on strong The first cold wind of winter is flappin’ in my clothes Showin’ me the way with the direction that it blows. Welcome home welcome home let it blow. (repeat and fade)

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La chanson évoque le regret d’un homme qui se sent perdu loin de son véritable foyer, situé au bord de la mer. Il est confronté à un regard moqueur des gens de sa ville d'origine, qui ne comprennent pas son désir de retourner à un endroit où il se sent réellement à sa place. Bien qu'il soit perçu comme un ivrogne ici, il se considère comme un roi là-bas, entouré de la beauté de la mer et du ciel. Les paroles transmettent un mélange de nostalgie et de quête identitaire, reflet des difficultés de l'existence loin de ce qui apporte un véritable bonheur. Cette chanson s'inscrit dans un contexte de quête personnelle et de confrontation entre les aspirations d'un individu et le jugement de la société. Elle illustre le contraste entre la vie quotidienne d'une petite ville et le rêve d'un épanouissement dans un lieu plus accueillant, plus authentique.

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