Where I Come From

I think he's implying that the woman might have been a tranny. Obviously, he comes from a place where men are men and women are women. You probably don't see a lot of that. Soprano is a high pitched singing. She probably had a man's voice. He's implying the simplicity of where he comes from compared to else where. But I don't know, that's just my opinion.

About the universal joint/finger, I think what he meant was his thumb, meaning he had to hitch-hike. But I'm not positive. Maybe that was why the 'tall lady' saw him and stopped? And I agree with the opinion that the lady is either a man or a tranny.

I like Alan Jackson, but this type of song bothers me, generalizing about an area like that. Especially since, aside from the first verse, he keeps offering the info to these people in the other verses who didn't ask. Maybe they share some of his love for cornbread, but he writes them off as different from him because of where they're from.

Alright so i don't listen to a lot of Country and this song is one of the reasons why. The lines "where i come from tryin' to make a livin Workin hard to get to heaven" really get under my skin. I hate to bring North and South into this because that issue should be in the past, but Alan Jackson i feel is implying that the North is lazy and unmotivated. That and the entire song seems to be saying that his way of life is the best and he has little respect for the way other people live

you obviously have never lived in the south, i am a "yankee" to many people down here. The attitudes towards everything are completely different, the lifestyle and motivation aren't even close to that of the north.

well medcob, i'm from the north and i think that he's just describing his life. he dosen't know how you live and he's not putting the "north" down at all. people, like you, sterotype him and in the song he confronts them. his way of living is different and not everybody knows what it's like. so the only person bring "north and south" in, is you.

It's just Alan Jackson's opionion, I myself am very opinionated, and this song is about what life is like where he comes from, which is the south. And he's not saying that people from the north are quote, un-quote "lazy and unmotivated". He's just saying that's were he comes from, and it's his way of life, he isn't necesarilly saying that people in the north are "lazy and unmotivated".

-shyanne

Can someone give me their opinion of these lines: "Said no thanks ma'am, back home We like the girls that sing soprano"?
~Carl

I think its more of a rural vs. urban thing and not so much North v. South.

theres no need for the north and south to be brought in question here. the lifestyle of those in the south and the lifestyle of those in the north really do differ. people in the south are more apt to be on their front porch swings drinkin a beer, while northerners are more apt to be sitting in their jacuzzi sippin champagne. i was born in the south but raised in the north so you cant say that im against the north because quite frankly im not, but now living back in the south i do see the differences. but its just culture .. thats all.

You really got me on that soprano line. This one confuses me too:

"I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger"

It gives me a headache just wondering what he was talking about in this line.