South

Roger Miller

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Hot afternoon sometime in June Sitting on the front porch waiting on the moon Talking to my neighbor next door ain’t never ever very much fun Go get my car and my guitar ride through town with the top down Maybe I could buy me some beer run out and look at the farms And they call it the south it’s the land of the free It lost the only war it ever fought in history But I love the south it’s the land of the free It’s the land of hush your mouth and Joe South And that’s home to me She was born in ’52 she finished in a Mississippi school And something about her smile that turns you on She’s different like another world And you can tell she’s not a New York girl And something about her kiss that takes you home But she was born in the south Memphis Tennessee She was rich in looks from a poor Memphis family But she will stay in the south it’s the land of the free It’s the land of hush your mouth and Joe South And that’s home to me California I love you your hills are high and your oceans blue In LA there’s always something to do and you’re never alone But I like fall and I like spring I love snow and I love rain And there’s something about LA I can’t call home I guess I’ll stay in the south it’s the land of the free It lost the only war it ever fought in history But I love the south it’s the land of the free It’s the land of hush your mouth Joe South And that’s home to me And they call it the south it’s the land of the free It lost the only war it ever fought in history

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La chanson évoque un après-midi chaud d'été où le narrateur se trouve sur sa véranda, en attendant la nuit tout en discutant avec son voisin. Il parle de sa routine, de ses envies simples comme conduire sa voiture décapotable et parcourir la campagne. Il exprime un profond attachement à sa région, qualifiée de terre de liberté, malgré son histoire marquée par une guerre perdue. L'amour qu'il porte au Sud est également teinté de nostalgie, surtout lorsqu'il évoque une femme présente dans sa vie, issue du Mississippi, qui incarne pour lui ce sentiment de chez-soi. En dépit de quelques escapades à l'Ouest, où la vie semble trépidante, il réalise que son cœur appartient au Sud, avec ses saisons changeantes et son ambiance plus tranquille. C'est un chant d'appartenance, un hommage à ses racines et à un mode de vie qui lui semble authentique et précieux.

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