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| Roger Miller – King Of The Road Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Many people more or less fantasize about 'being on the road', but if you must beg, borrow and steal, ride in brutal cold or insufferable heat, work as virtual slaves for less than minimum wage, stay dirty and filthy most of the time, the reality of it all will very quickly disturb that 'desire'. Thinking through decisions and choices before you commit to them usually, although not always, leads to more favorable outcomes for all concerned. Miller's character in this song lives a lifestyle that very, very few, including Miller himself, would want to pursue over a lengthy period of time. There is absolutely no shame in being 'poor', but it takes the rare and exceptional individual who can live the life of Miller's fictional character virtually alone and forgotten for an extended length of time. The song is 'lyrical', but it's not written from the perspective of a person who has had that most meager life experience for any prolonged period of time. |
submissions
| Roger Miller – King Of The Road Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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No person can survive without the help & assistance of others in myriads of ways both large and small, and whether consciously realized, admitted and accepted or not. Failure to recognized this most obvious facet of 'life' is perhaps what erroneously leads to some 'romanticized' notions of 'independence' or 'freedom', neither of which reflects reality. The subject of Miller's lyrics isn't able to 'take care of himself'; he must resort to begging, borrowing, and stealing. On the contrary, he's a 'man' who is stuck in a version of 'life' that is satisfactory for him, but what does that mean? An illiterate individual living in the 3rd century may consider their particular life both satisfactory and enjoyable but would likely welcome the benefits of current, more effective and less dangerous pain medications that wouldn't be developed for hundreds of years into the future. The question is always there -- and some people may refuse the ability to read, write, cure disease, etc. even after having been given the choice(s), but we wouldn't necessarily label that person as 'taking care of themself'. |
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