The ballad of Barbara

Johnny Cash

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In a southern town where I was born That's where I got my education I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods And I wondered at creation I recall the sun in a sky of blue And the smell of green things growin' And I lived everyday and I lived anyway Anyway the wind was blowin' But then I heard of a cultured city life Breath-takin' lofty steeples And the day I called myself a man I left my land and my people And I rambled North and I rambled East And I tested and I tasted And a girl or two took me round and round But always left me wasted In a world that saw concrete and steel With nothin' green ever growin' Where the buildings hide the rising sun And stop the free wind from blowin' Where they sleep all day and they wake all night To a world of drink and laughter I met that girl that I thought would be The one that I was after In a soft blue gown and a formal tux Beneath that lofty steeple He said do you Barbra take this man Will you be one of his people And she said I will and she said I do And the world looked mighty pretty And we lived in a fancy downtown flat Cause she loved the noisy city Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky And I longed for green things growin' And I talked of home and my people there But she'd not agree to goin' Then her hazel eyes turned away from me With a look that wasn't very pretty And she turned into concrete and steel And she said I take the city Now the cars go by on the interstate And my pack is on my shoulder And I'm goin' home where I belong Much wiser now and older

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La chanson raconte l'histoire d'un homme qui, venant d'une petite ville du sud où il a grandi entouré de nature, décide de quitter son foyer à la recherche d'une vie dans une grande ville, avec ses promesses d'opportunités et d'aventures. Alors qu'il découvre la vie urbaine, pleine de concrete et de bruit, il fait la rencontre d'une femme à qui il s'attache, espérant construire un avenir avec elle. Malgré un moment de bonheur partagé, il réalise qu'elle préfère finalement la ville, l'éloignant de ses propres racines et de son désir de retrouver la simplicité de son enfance. Lorsque leur chemin se sépare, il décide de rentrer chez lui, plus mature et conscient de ce qui compte vraiment pour lui. Cette chanson évoque les thèmes du désenchantement face à la vie citadine et l'importance des liens avec la terre natale et les proches, finalement plus précieux qu'un rêve de grandeur.

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