Plain Jane Country American Nostalgia


Plain Jane Country

Plain Jane Country - By Roy Orbison

I read your letter just this morning
The first you've wrote since you've been gone
You've finally found yourself a home

You've bought a new car, a great big red one
With a top that rolls right down
You must be something in San Fransisco
A dressed up, painted country clown

You're fakin' it well, but it's easy to tell
You're plain jane country come to town
The pace is too fast and you're out of your class
You're plain jane country come to town

You know I love you, at least you ought to
I've loved you all of my livin' days
You got no business makin' changes
Yeah girl, I love your country ways

Go sell that red car, catch an airplane
And I'll be waiting when you land
Yeah, get a white dress, find a preacher
We'll get some rings to fit your hand

You're fakin' it well, but it's easy to tell
You're plain jane country come to town
The pace is too fast and you're out of your class
You're plain jane country come to town
You're plain jane country come to town
You're plain jane country come to town

Webster - defining "plain jane"
\ˈplān-ˈjān\
Function: adjective
Etymology: from the name Jane
Date: 1936

: not fancy or glamorous : ordinary


Webster - defining "nostalgia"
\nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-\
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
Date: 1729

1: the state of being homesick : homesickness

2: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition ; also : something that evokes nostalgia

Webster - defining "country"
\ˈkən-trē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural countries
Etymology: Middle English contree, from Anglo-French cuntree, contré, from Medieval Latin contrata, from Latin contra against, on the opposite side
Date: 13th century

1: an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : region

2 a: the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship b: a political state or nation or its territory

3 a: the people of a state or district : populace b: jury c: electorate 2

4: rural as distinguished from urban areas

5: country music

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