Serendipity

The laws of chance, strange as it seems,
Take us exactly where we most likely need to be
[David Byrne]

terça-feira, 26 de dezembro de 2006

[«Sylvia's Mother», Dr. Hook]

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's busy
Too busy to come to the phone"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's trying
To start a new life of her own"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's happy
So why don't you leave her alone?"

And the operator says "forty cents more for the next three minutes"
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's packing
She's gonna be leaving today"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's marrying
A fellow down Galveston way"
Sylvia's mother says "Please don't say nothing
To make her start crying and stay"

And the operator says "forty cents more for the next three minutes"
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurrying
She's catching the nine o'clock train"
Sylvia's mother says "Take your umbrella
Cause Sylvie, it's starting to rain"
And Sylvia's mother says "Thank you for calling
And, Sir, won't you call back again?"

Aqui fica uma versão bera e sibilante, ou seja, igual àquela que eu ouvia vezes sem conta em casa da avó, aos 10, 11, 12 anos, numa cassete pirata gravada pelo pai. Também tinha esta (descubro agora que é do Bob Dylan) e o «Wild World» do Cat Stevens, mais uns tangos malucos com tiroteios, entre outras. Os dias de Agosto eram ocupados com os carreiros da rega, as escondidas nas "tendas" de feijão verde, as aventuras no rio quase seco, as comédias românticas de cordel e esta cassete. Não fazia ideia que isto era o que estava por trás desta canção lamechas.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anónimo said...

______0___o__o__o0_0__o_o__0
_____0___o__o_o__0_0__o___o__0
____0_o___o___o__0_0___o___o__0
____00o0000o00o0o0_0o00o00oo0oo0
___o00o0o00000o000_00o0o00o0o00o0
___00000o000o000o0_000o000o0000o0
___0o00oo00o0o00o0__0000o0o0o00o00
___0o0o00000o00o0___000o0o0o0o0o00
____0o0o0000o0o0_____000o0o00o00o0
_____0000o0000________ 00o000o000
______0000000___________0000000
________00__________________00
_______00____________________00
______00______________________00
_____00_______TIM_TIM__________00
____00___FELIZ 2007______ _____ ___00
_000000________________________000000

10:02 da tarde  

Enviar um comentário

<< Home