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The Last Rebel Lyrics
There's a grey horse standin' still
As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride As the rain pours off his hat You can see the shadows of the past written in his eyes Now the cannons are silent His friends are all gone Gotta put it all behind him If he ever wants to find his way home He's the last rebel on the road Just a boy with his old guitar Keeps to himself but everybody takes him wrong But he carries on Got a dream that will never die Can't change him, no use in stayin' where you don't belong Now he's rollin' down the highway Gone too far too fast No one will ever find him, he'll never look back Chorus: 'cause he's the last rebel And he's all alone He's the last rebel His friends are all gone He's the last rebel The last rebel on the road There'll never be another like him He's the last of a dying breed Ain't no use in tryin' to tame him 'cause he's the last rebel Chorus
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02-21-2010
A more existential approach might suggest a broader meaning, that of man's isolation in the face of his culture and traditions dying (or being killed) around him. Walker Percy-esque.
For us Southerners, the song expresses some of the frustrations we feel when witnessing the death of the culture that we love and that defines us. There's a definite, deliberate connection between past and present established in this song. In the beginning, the character is on a horse, in the rain, and images of cannons are evoked, seemingly implying the Civil War era. But in the last verse that really develops the story, the character is on a highway, going very fast on something that "rolls." Sounds like a car, which would be closer to the present.
Fucking yankees.
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