Hard Times and Misery
Southern Soul Resilience: Hard Times and Misery Unveiled
Lyrics
Another day on Highway 41
Traveling on Highway 41, facing the challenges of life's journey.
It's a long black snake that runs to the sun
Describing the highway as a long black snake reaching towards the sun.
My mama told me since the day I was born
Mother's advice since birth that the South is the rightful place to be.
Son, down in the southland is where you belong
Being in the Southland is considered the speaker's proper home.
So, I'm pitching nickels, pitching dimes
Engaging in casual games of chance and conversation, enjoying life.
Talking trash and drinkin' wine
Playfully gambling with nickels and dimes while socializing and drinking wine.
It's just another day in the life of me
Everyday routine described as just another day in the speaker's life.
Hard times and misery
Expressing the challenging aspects of life, indicating hardship and misery.
I got a mansion looks like a shotgun shack
Contrasting a mansion's appearance with financial struggles (shotgun shack).
I draw my money from a cotton sack
Earning money from hard labor in cotton fields.
But I finally found one thing that's free
Finding solace in the fact that hard times and misery are the only things free.
That's been hard times and misery
Reflecting on the enduring presence of difficulties in life.
So, I'm pitching nickels, pitching dimes
Continuing the theme of casual gambling and socializing in tough times.
Talking trash and drinkin' wine
Emphasizing the routine of engaging in small-scale gambling and enjoying wine.
It's just another day in the life of me
Reiterating that the speaker's life is an everyday occurrence.
Hard times and misery
Reaffirming the presence of hard times and misery in the speaker's life.
Watermelon's are hanging on the vine
Symbolizing life's abundance with watermelons on vines.
Thirty some odd years of wasted time
Reflecting on wasted years, potentially regretting the past.
When I wake up, Lord, that's all I see
Upon waking up, the first thing seen is the reality of hardship and misery.
It's hard times and misery
Summarizing life as a combination of hard times and misery.
But there's a train that runs through this town
Introducing a train as a symbol of hope and change in the speaker's town.
Every evening when the sun goes down
Highlighting a regular event of the train passing through the town at sunset.
Tomorrow night at 8:03
Specifying a hopeful time (8:03) when the cycle of hardship may end.
No more hard times and misery
Anticipating an end to hard times and misery with the arrival of the train.
So, I'm pitching nickels, pitching dimes
Repeating the theme of casual activities amidst life's challenges.
Talking trash and drinkin' wine
Reiterating the speaker's routine of gambling, talking, and drinking.
It's just another day in the life of me
Stating once again that the speaker's life is an ordinary day.
Hard times and misery
Affirming the ongoing presence of hard times and misery in the speaker's life.
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