Delia's gone

another lovely and tough Johnny Cash song. it explains a lot just by its own lyrics. the video shows actually more. a type of reading that can be performed: at the first level we have this antiwoman song of a guy that kills his exlover. simple and ugly. at the second level, actually, the narrator is dead and Delia has buried him. Inside the grave her memory hunts him. is it because she runs from him? is the narrator in the grave of his world because she took the whole world with her? who is killing who? is it a sort of revearsed killing? is it a disssapeareance of a sort of being -in-the-world? quite possible.


Delia's gone


Delia, oh, Delia Delia all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor
Delia I'd have had her for my wife
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

I went up to Memphis And I met Delia there
Found her in her parlor
And I tied to her chair
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want to Grab my sub machine
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

First time I shot her I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

But jailer, oh, jailer Jailer,
I can't sleep 'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

So if you woman's devilish
You can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her
Like Delia got done
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

video is here