1. Images Of America In Rock "n" Roll
Maybe Marvin grew up believing in the American dream that so many others have, that if he worked hard he could chase his dreams and have all that he wanted. ... The politicians and the rich could not understand this side of America, the days and nights in coal mines, or steel factories or in the case of Detroit, automobile factories. ... The lonely nights in that jungle may have been the backdrop for the seeds of this song. ... Croce speaks about his dream in the first verse, speaking about his "name": he says "I carry it with me like my daddy did, but I"m living the dream that he kept hid." T...
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