The original version seems to convey more anger, and a sense of being almost proud of what he's become. The Cash version is more of a lament, and to me, more powerful.
__________________
And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.
|