We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee
\nWe don’t take our trips on LSD
\nWe don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street
\nWe like livin’ right, and bein’ free<\/p>\n
We don’t make a party out of lovin’
\nWe like holdin’ hands and pitchin’ woo
\nWe don’t let our hair grow long and shaggy
\nLike the hippies out in San Francisco do<\/p>\n
I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
\nA place where even squares can have a ball
\nWe still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
\nAnd white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all<\/p>\n
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
\nBeads and Roman sandals won’t be seen
\nFootball’s still the roughest thing on campus
\nAnd the kids here still respect the college dean<\/p>\n
And I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
\nA place where even squares can have a ball.
\nWe still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
\nAnd white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all<\/p>\n
And white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all
\nIn Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Pesma je, kao \u0161to se mo\u017ee zaklju\u010diti, cini\u010dna i Haggard se u njoj, na neki na\u010din razra\u010dunava sa hipicima, njihovim \u017eivotnim stilom i idejama koje zastupaju. Kroz usta naratora on se zala\u017ee za njihovo ignorisanje i zadr\u017eavanje tradicionalnih \u017eivotnih vrednosti, \u0161to se savr\u0161eno uklapa u mentalitet ljudi u nekoj ameri\u010dkoj nedo\u0111iji (Muskogee je gradi\u0107 u Oklahomi). No, kako pesma odmi\u010de, on se, \u010dini mi se, poistove\u0107uje sa naratorom \u2013 verujem da je u pitanju bila njegova nesposobnost da u tom trenutku prihvati brze i radikalne promene koje su se de\u0161avale u ameri\u010dkom dru\u0161tvu.<\/p>\n
Haggard nas je napustio 2016. godine. Ma koliko da je bio konzervativan i kontradiktoran, istovremeno je bio i mudar i dobar, sude\u0107i po stihovima u kojima su se me\u0161ale razli\u010dite emocije. I \u0161to je va\u017enije, mnoge njegove pesme su se spustile “u narod”, postaju\u0107i u neku ruku tradicionali koje svi vole da pevaju.<\/p>\n
Valja ga i dalje slu\u0161ati.
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