A Picture From Lifes Other Side

Woody Guthrie

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The verses may be in the wrong order but it’s all pretty much the same: In the world’s mighty gallery of pictures There’re scenes that are painted from life Scenes of youth and of beauty Scenes of hardship and strife Scenes of wealth and of plenty Old age and the blushing young bride They hang on the wall - but the saddest of all Are the pictures from life’s other side. A picture from life’s other side Someone has fell by the way And a life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy someday Some poor mother at home Is watching and a-waiting alone Longing to hear - from her loved one so dear That’s a picture from life’s other side. Now the first scene is one of two brothers Their paths them both diff’rently led One lived in luxury and riches And the other one begged for his bread One night they met on the highway "Your money or life sir" one cried And then with his knife - took his own brother’s life That’s a picture from life’s other side. The next scene is that of a gambler Who had lost all his money at play An’ he draws his dead mother’s ring from his finger That she wore long ago on her wedding day It’s his last earthly treasure but he stakes it Then he bows his head that his shame he may hide But when they lifted his head - they found he was dead That’s a picture from life’s other side. A picture from life’s other side Someone has fell by the way And a life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy someday Some poor mother at home Is watching and a-waiting alone Longing to hear - from her loved one so dear That’s a picture from life’s other side. Now the last scene is down by the river Of a heart-broken mother and babe In the harbor light glare see them shiver Outcasts that no one will save Once she was once a true woman Somebody’s darlin’ and pride God help her she leaps - for there’s no one to weep That’s a picture from life’s other side. A picture from life’s other side Someone has fell by the way And a life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy someday Some poor mother at home Is watching and a-waiting alone Longing to hear - from her loved one so dear That’s a picture from life’s other side.

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La chanson évoque la tragédie et les réalités sombres de la vie à travers une série de scènes poignantes. Elle présente des moments de bonheur et de beauté, mais surtout des instantanés de souffrance, de perte et de regrets. Elle parle de vies qui auraient pu être pleines de joie, de familles déchirées, de choix tragiques et de destins croisés, illustrant que derrière chaque sourire se cache parfois une douleur profonde. Ces images sont souvent celles d’individus qui, acculés par la misère ou la tragédie, se retrouvent dans des situations désespérées. La chanson rappelle aussi le chagrin de ceux qui attendent un retour, incarné par des mères en larmes, témoignant ainsi de l'impact des choix de vie sur les proches. À travers ces récits, elle nous invite à réfléchir à la fragilité de l’existence humaine et aux conséquences de nos actions.