No doubt, Don Williams can strike us, touch us, and make us cry through his songs. It’s like, telling a story simply with music. And it is more emotional with his mellow voice and of course the powerful lyrics. Perhaps, “Maggie’s Dream” is one of his saddest songs ever recorded. The words and lyrics can make your eyes water. Also, with a slow and genial tune, it can lead you to realizations.
The Song…
Dave Loggins and Lisa Silver pooled resources at creating the words and lyrics of “Maggie’s Dream.” The writers specifically wrote the song for the “Gentle Giant.” Moreover, they believe it will be more powerful and soulful with the voice of Don Williams.
Furthermore, “Maggie’s Dream” was released on September 1, 1984. Also, it was part of Williams’ album entitled “Cafe Carolina.” The song became No.11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It’s out of top 10, but I’m pretty sure it has reached millions of people. In 2017, as a tribute, Trisha Yearwood, covered the song in the album “Gentle Giants: The Music Of Don Williams.”
The Story…
Read and analyze the lyrics; it will tell a story of a woman doing things on her own again and again. She’s working as a waitress for so long, serving different people every day. Maggie mingles and making friends with her customers day after day. Once they’re gone, she was left all alone, and she relies on the record player. Moreover, Maggie has a dream, a simple dream of becoming a wife, which only means, she’s longing for “love,” commitment, and bliss of having someone in her life. But, she’s becoming old doing the same things making her sad more and more. Furthermore, Maggie is longing for something in her life she didn’t have. She’s longing for a bliss.
The Lyrics…
Maggie’s up each morning at four am
By five at the counter at the diner
Her trucker friends out on the road will soon be stopping in
As the lights go on at Cafe Carolina
Maggie’s been a waitress here most all her life
Thirty years of coffee cups and sore feet
The mountains around Ashville she’s never seen the other side
Closer now to fifty than to forty
Maggie’s never had a love
She said she’s never had enough
Time to let a man into her life
Aw but Maggie has a dream
She’s had since she was seventeen
To find a husband and be a wife
Maggie knows the truckers most by the first name
What they’ll have to say and what they’ll order
And they take her in their stories to places far away
Leave her with the dishes, dreams and quarters
And she relies upon the jukebox on a lonely afternoon
When the business starts to slow down, she plays the saddest tunes
And she stares off down the highway, and she wonders where it goes
Nobody to go home to and it’s almost time to close
The Gentle Giant…
Don Williams died on September 8, 2017, but his legacy continues. In fact, his song is still being covered by various artist. Also, his songs are still being engaged at in different platforms. Indeed, he’s one of the most influential country artists.
In 2010, Don Williams was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. This recognition is the highest honor to bestow upon an artist.
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