Harley

Johnny Cash

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Harley didn't have no education He could hardly read and write He was locked into a dead-end occupation His future didn't look too bright He worked 18 years on the assembly line Just gettin' by with a little bit of overtime And that could be the end of the story of mine But it's just the beginnin' Late one night while he was workin' graveyard Harley got himself this big idea All he'd have to do is change one little screw And save millions of dollars a year So he worked and he saved 'til he could open his own shop Money started rollin' in like it wasn't gonna stop So Harley bought a mountain and built a mansion on top So the losers could see who was winning Only in America With nothin' but a dream Only in America Where every man's a king First Harley's daughter Janice found a guru She gave him everything she owned Then Harley Junior joined some kind of rock band And walked around all day about half stoned His wife watched TV all the time 'cause she got bored Then one day she found a TV preacher she adored And she gave all of Harley's hard-earned money to the Lord Harley started drinkin' wound up in Betty Ford To see if he could buy a happy ending Then some kid who worked in Harley's factory He got himself this big idea Figured out how to do it with computers Drove Harley out of business in a year Now Harley's back workin' the assembly line Just gettin' by with a little bit of overtime But don't count Harley out 'cause he ain't the quittin' kind He stares at that computer with one thing on his mind How to make them things more user friendly I've loved enough to know A heartache when I see one coming Been down this road before I've loved enough to know

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La chanson raconte l'histoire de Harley, un homme ordinaire qui a passé des années à travailler à l'usine, cherchant à améliorer sa vie. Malgré un départ difficile, il a une idée brillante qui lui permet d'ouvrir son propre atelier et d'accumuler une certaine richesse. Cela semble être le début d'une belle aventure, mais sa success story est entachée par des choix difficiles au sein de sa famille, des désillusions et le passage du temps. Finalement, il se retrouve à nouveau dans une situation précaire, bien qu'il ne se laisse jamais abattre et continue à chercher des moyens d'évoluer. Dans un contexte assez typique de la vie américaine, la chanson illustre les hauts et les bas d’un parcours, où l'espoir et la résilience se mêlent aux déceptions, tout en posant un regard critique sur la quête du succès et le sens que l’on donne à sa vie.

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