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You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, but you can’t take the honky tonk out of the girl.
— Bobby Ray • Sweet Home Alabama
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker offers a proverb-like verdict: a woman can leave a rowdy music-bar world behind, yet that world never leaves her. Where someone comes from stays in their manner and tastes, however far they travel or however polished they become.
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