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David Lee Roth Tobacco Road Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.64/10 [14 votes]Album: Eat 'Em and Smile / Original Release Date: 1986Genre: RockSong Duration: 2 min 30 sec
DAVID LEE ROTH
- Tobacco Road Lyrics / with translationsI was born in a trunk
Mama died and my daddy got drunk
Left me here to die alone
In the middle of Tobacco Road
Growin' up rusty shack
All I had was hangin' on my back
Only you know how I loathe
This place called Tobacco Road
But it's home, the only life I ever known
Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road
Gonna leave, get a job
With the help and the grace from above
Save some money, get rich and old
Bring it back to Tobacco Road
But it's home, the only life I ever known
Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road
Bring that dynamite and a crane
Blow it up, start all over again
Build a town, be proud to show
Gives the name Tobacco Road
Mama died and my daddy got drunk
Left me here to die alone
In the middle of Tobacco Road
Growin' up rusty shack
All I had was hangin' on my back
Only you know how I loathe
This place called Tobacco Road
But it's home, the only life I ever known
Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road
Gonna leave, get a job
Save some money, get rich and old
Bring it back to Tobacco Road
But it's home, the only life I ever known
Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road
Bring that dynamite and a crane
Blow it up, start all over again
Build a town, be proud to show
Gives the name Tobacco Road
Facts about Tobacco Road
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Tobacco Road is written by John D. Loudermilk.
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It is first released in 1986 as part of David Lee Roth's album "Eat 'Em and Smile" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 5th track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the David Lee Roth version of the song 'Tobacco Road' narrates the life of a person who was born and raised in the very worst part of town, Tobacco Road being the stand-in for such a place. The person, however, through all the difficulties, wants to go away, get a good life, and come back to Whitewash Tobacco Road, which is a metaphor for the craving for advancement and changing of the whole situation in spite of a hard start. Tobacco road lyrics mainly point out angst, solitude, meditation, despair, and love-otherwise-than-the-lost. However, the song conveys the same view as the life of the oppressed and the people of their time - struggle and hardship, longing for change and attachment to home. The lyrics mention hardships and struggles that also include the death of parents and a harder-than-usual childhood. Those themes are intense, but they are still suitable for older children with parental guidance because there is no explicit language, violence, or drug use in them.
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Tobacco Road falls under the genre Rock.
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Tobacco Road song length is 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Who wrote Tobacco Road lyrics?
Tobacco Road is written by John D. Loudermilk.
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When was Tobacco Road released?
It is first released in 1986 as part of David Lee Roth's album "Eat 'Em and Smile" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 5th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Tobacco Road lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the David Lee Roth version of the song 'Tobacco Road' narrates the life of a person who was born and raised in the very worst part of town, Tobacco Road being the stand-in for such a place. The person, however, through all the difficulties, wants to go away, get a good life, and come back to Whitewash Tobacco Road, which is a metaphor for the craving for advancement and changing of the whole situation in spite of a hard start. Tobacco road lyrics mainly point out angst, solitude, meditation, despair, and love-otherwise-than-the-lost. However, the song conveys the same view as the life of the oppressed and the people of their time - struggle and hardship, longing for change and attachment to home. The lyrics mention hardships and struggles that also include the death of parents and a harder-than-usual childhood. Those themes are intense, but they are still suitable for older children with parental guidance because there is no explicit language, violence, or drug use in them.
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Which genre is Tobacco Road?
Tobacco Road falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song Tobacco Road?
Tobacco Road song length is 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): John D. LoudermilkRecord Label(s): 1986 Warner Bros Records Inc Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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