"The truth is there is no mountain in Waycross, Georgia where the song
was supposed to have taken place. It is all swampland. And, there
is no cave called Miller's Cave. It was all made up, a figment of
Harlan Howard's imagination. And that is not the first time a writer
has taken liberty with the truth to write a song. All of you know
that. Call it metaphors, stretching the truth, bending the facts,
whatever. Songs are entertainment, just like the movies, that take us
away from the hum drum existence of everyday living and let us drift off
into a fantasy world, away from getting up and going to work, paying
bills, coming home, grab a bite to eat, go to bed and do it all over
again. Let's face it, real life ain't that exciting. If a song can
take a listener away from life's reality for awhile, it has achieved its
purpose. Movies do it with pictures that in no way resemble real
life. Songs paint a picture also, but they use words, and the picture
is usually a make believe world that dwells in the mind of the
songwriter."
So don't waste any gas lookin' for it! <g> -- Dick
Dang, I ain't so sure 'bout all the googlin', back yonder one o' my
friend's uncle was a forest ranger in the okefenokee (sic) swamp near
Waycross, ever time a hurricane came around he'd run up to nc, I
disagree, many things in real life are never captured in fiction, by
god
I believe their is a "Miller's Cave", Bobby might be wrong.
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Best regards,
Tjaart Glas
E-mail: tkg...@wxs.nl
ICQ: 38646970
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And that is not the first time a writer
> has taken liberty with the truth to write a song. All of you know
> that. Call it metaphors, stretching the truth, bending the facts,
> whatever.
Or a politician. Flying into Beruit, landing and hugging a little girl
is Ho Hum. But add a corkscrew helicopter landing, sniper fire and you
got one hell of a story!
it's what all politicians do best... (democrats moreso than republicans)
and that is to...
L I E !
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Best regards,
Tjaart Glas
E-mail: tkg...@wxs.nl
ICQ: 38646970
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