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| [a] Bull RF |
George Strait, "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" 4:16
For advice on how best to "engage" the lyrics, click here.
O.k., deep breath. "Rodeo" can be substituted for just about anything—wrestling, Wall Street, minor league baseball, assistant professorships... I am going to keep my discipline—at least this once every week—and refrain from commenting much beyond the song. It pretty much speaks for itself.
I Can Still Make Cheyenne
(Aaron Barker, Erv Woolsey) Performed by George Strait
Her telephone rang 'bout a quarter to nine
She heard his voice on the other end of the line
She wondered what was wrong this time
She never knew what his calls might bring
With a cowboy like him it could be anything
And she always expected the worst in the back of her mind.
He said, "It's cold out here and I'm all alone,
I didn't make the short go again and I'm coming home.
I know I've been away too long.
I never got a chance to write or call
And I know this rodeo has been hard on us all
But I'll be home soon
And honey is there something wrong?"
She said, "Don't bother comin' home.
By the time you get here I'll be long gone.
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man."
He said, "I'm sorry it's come down to this.
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss.
But it's alright baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
Gotta go now baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
He left that phone danglin' off the hook
Then slowly turned around and gave it one last look
Then he just walked away
He aimed his truck toward that Wyoming line
With a little luck he could still get there in time
And in that Cheyenne wind he could still hear her say.
She said, "Don't bother comin' home.
By the time you get here I'll be long gone.
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man."
He said, "I'm sorry it's come down to this.
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss.
But it's alright baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
Gotta go now baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
She heard his voice on the other end of the line
She wondered what was wrong this time
She never knew what his calls might bring
With a cowboy like him it could be anything
And she always expected the worst in the back of her mind.
He said, "It's cold out here and I'm all alone,
I didn't make the short go again and I'm coming home.
I know I've been away too long.
I never got a chance to write or call
And I know this rodeo has been hard on us all
But I'll be home soon
And honey is there something wrong?"
She said, "Don't bother comin' home.
By the time you get here I'll be long gone.
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man."
He said, "I'm sorry it's come down to this.
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss.
But it's alright baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
Gotta go now baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
He left that phone danglin' off the hook
Then slowly turned around and gave it one last look
Then he just walked away
He aimed his truck toward that Wyoming line
With a little luck he could still get there in time
And in that Cheyenne wind he could still hear her say.
She said, "Don't bother comin' home.
By the time you get here I'll be long gone.
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man."
He said, "I'm sorry it's come down to this.
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss.
But it's alright baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
Gotta go now baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
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Now let's look at a parallel from China. Remember, the point here is to juxtapose, not to form one-to-one correspondences. Beautiful woman... and now she's gone.Li Bo (Li Bai), 701-762
Boudoir Sentiments
Beautiful woman—when here, flowers filled the hall.
Beautiful woman—now gone, emptiness remains in our bed.
On the bed, the patterned bedspread is rolled up—no one sleeps under it.
From then to now, three years still hold her fragrance.
The aroma remains, never extinguished.
She remains gone—never to return.
Turning my thoughts to her, yellow leaves fall.
White dew sprinkles green moss.閨情
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| [b] Chamber dreams RF |
美人在時花滿堂
美人去後空餘床
床中綉被巻不寢
至今三載猶聞香
香亦竟不滅
人亦竟不來
相思黃葉落
白露點青苔 [1]
[1] 全唐詩 184.35. Complete Tang Poems 184.35. Translated (freely) by Robert André LaFleur.
NEXT
Sunday, May 29th
How Far (is it over you)?
Time, distance, longing, and misery all add up to another powerful set of cultural themes next Sunday.
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