Oh Singer
Journey Through Time: Exploring the Soulful Narratives in 'Oh Singer'
Lyrics
Oh singer sing me an old song yeah
Requesting the singer to perform an old song
Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton place
Asking for a song about cotton fields
Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah
Desire to understand the sensation of working in cotton fields
Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields
Expressing a longing to experience walking on knees in fields, which may connote humility or closeness to the land
Oh singer sing about the railroad
Requesting a song about the railroad
Sing about the coal shovellin' on the Elliney rail
Describing the laborious work of shoveling coal on a specific railway line (Elliney rail)
Let me get a ride afar with all the people in the depot
Wanting to mentally travel with people departing from the depot, seeking an experience that won't be realized in reality
Cause in my life singer I'll never ride those coal black trains
Expressing a desire to ride coal trains that won't happen in their lifetime
Take me back oh singer take me back
Asking the singer to transport them back in time through a song
I'm livin' a life I can't slow down cept with a song
Feeling stuck in a fast-paced life but finding solace in music
And I wanna know how the people make it without big corporations
Curiosity about how people managed without large corporations influencing their lives
And I wanna feel how the people live when life is old
Yearning to experience the simplicity of life in the past
Oh singer take me to the river
Requesting to be taken to a river through song
Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans
Expressing a desire to ride a riverboat to New Orleans
Let me lean up aboard and wash my hands in the Mississippi water
Desire to physically interact with the Mississippi River, something only achievable through the song being sung
Cause singer I can only ride that boat in a song you sing
Understanding that the experience of riding the boat is confined to the song's narrative
Take me back oh singer take me back...
Reiteration of the desire to be transported back in time through music
Oh singer sing me an old song...
A final plea for an old song from the singer
In the fields
A reference to returning to the fields, possibly hinting at a longing for simpler times or a connection to nature
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