Favorite Musicians and Singers (2013/7/α)

Loreena McKennitt - The Highwayman

Part One

I. The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding,
Riding, riding,
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

II. He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin.
They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh!
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilts a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

III. And over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.
And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred.
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

IV. And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim the ostler listened. His face was white and peaked.
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
But he loved the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's red-lipped daughter.
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say:

V. "One kiss my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
If they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by the moonlight,
Watch for me be the moonlight,
I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way."

VI. He rose upright in the stirrups. He scarce could reach her hand,
But she loosened her hair i' the casement. His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,
(Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight!)
He tugged at his reins in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.

Part Two

I. He did not come at the dawning. He did not come at noon;
And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A red-coat troop came marching,
Marching, marching,
King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.

II. They said no word to the landlord. They drank his ale instead.
But they gagged his daughter, and bound her, to the foot of her narrow bed.
Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!
There was death at every window;
Hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through the casement, the road that he would ride.

III. They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest.
They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!
"Now, keep good watch!" and they kissed her. She heard the dead man say-
'Look for me by the moonlight;
Watch for me by the moonlight;
I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way!'

IV. She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!

V. The tip of one finger touched it. She strove no more for the rest.
Up, she stood up to attention, with the muzzle beneath her breast.
She would not risk their hearing; she would not strive again;
For the road lay bare in the moonlight;
Blank and bare in the moonlight;
And the blood of her veins, in the moonlight, throbbed to her love's refrain.
VI. 'Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot!' Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear;
'Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot,' in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding,
Riding, riding!
The red-coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still.

VII. 'Tlot-tlot,' in the frosty silence! 'Tlot-tlot,' in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer. Her face was like a light.
Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight,
Her musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him with her death.

VIII. He turned; He spurred to the west; he did not know she stood
Bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!
Not till the dawn he heard it, his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.

IX. And back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high.
Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat;
When they shot him down on the highway,
Down like a dog on the highway,
And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.

X. 'Still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
A highwayman comes riding,
Riding, Riding,
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old in-door.

XI. Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard.
And he taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred.
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.'

Lágrima

- Portuguese

Cheia de penas
Cheia de penas me deito
E com mais penas
E com mais penas me levanto
No meu peito
Já me ficou no meu peito
Este jeito
O jeito de querer tanto
Desespero
Tenho por meu desespero
Dentro de mim
Dentro de mim o castigo
Eu não te quero
Eu digo que não te quero
E de noite
De noite sonho contigo
Se considero
Que um dia hei-de morrer
No desepero
Que tenho de te nao ver
Estendo o meu xaile
Estendo o meu xaile no chao
Estendo o meu xaile
E deixo-me adormecer
Se eu soubesse
Se eu soubesse que morrendo
Tu me havias
Tu me havias de chorar
Por uma lágrima
Por uma lágrima tua
Que alegría
Me deixaria matar

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Tear

- English

Full of aches
Full of aches I lay myself down
And with more aches
And with more aches I arise
In my chest
I have in my chest
This way of doing things
Of wanting you so much
Despair
I have for my despair
Inside me
Inside me the punishment
I do not want you
I say I do not want you
And at night
At night I dream of you.
If I consider
That one day I shall die
In despair
That I have to not see you
I extend my shawl
I extend my shawl on the floor
I extend my shawl
And leave me to sleep.
If I knew
If i knew that dying
You must for me
You must cry for me
For a tear
For one of your tears
What happiness
I would allow myself to die.






Summertime

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mamma standing by

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry 


[ Summertime by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald ]




Canção do Mar
Fui bailar no meu batel
Além do mar cruel
E o mar bramindo
Diz que eu fui roubar
A luz sem par
Do teu olhar tão lindo

Vem saber se o mar terá razão
Vem cá ver bailar meu coração

Se eu bailar no meu batel
Não vou ao mar cruel
E nem lhe digo aonde eu fui cantar
Sorrir, bailar, viver, sonhar contigo

  Το τραγούδι της θάλασσας 
 Βγήκα να χορέψω με τη βάρκα μου
έξω, στην άσπλαχνη θάλασσα
κι η θάλασσα με βρυχηθμό
λέει ότι πήγα να κλέψω
το δίχως ταίρι
φως των τόσο όμορφων ματιών σου

Έλα, να μάθεις αν έχει δίκιο η θάλασσα
Έλα, να δεις την καρδιά μου να χορεύει

Αν χορέψω στη βάρκα μου
Δε θα βγω στην άσπλαχνη θάλασσα
κι ούτε θα της πώ πού πήγα να τραγουδήσω,
να χαμογελάσω, να χορέψω, να ονειρευτώ μαζί σου

Τραγούδι:Dulce Pontes
Στίχοι F. de Brito
Μουσική: Ferrer Trindade



The look of love 

The look of love
Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love
It's saying so much more
Than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

You've got the look of love
Is on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And then seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
Don't ever go

Smile

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Caribbean blue 

Eurus
Afer Ventus

So the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue

If every man says all he can,
If every man is true,
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue

Boreas
Zephryus

If all you told was turned to gold,
If all you dreamed were new,
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue

Eurus
Afer Ventus
Boreas
Zephryus
Africus

"I'm All Right"

He made me laugh
He made me cry
He smoked his stogies in bed
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before
I asked the boy for a few kind words
He gave me a novel instead
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before
It's fine, it's OK
It was wrong either way
I just wanted to say
There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine
He got drunk, he fell down
He threw a few of my things around
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before

I'd like to believe that it's easy to leave
But I have to conceive that wherever you are
You're still driving my car
Sticks and stones break my bones
But tears don't leave any scars
So I'm all alright
I'm all alright
I've been lonely before

Mmm...
I'm all alright
I'm all alright
I'm all alright
Yeah
He played solitaire in bed
Used to blow bubbles in bed
He sang Christmas songs in bed 

"I'm All Right"

Listen to the rain! 

It's In The Rain - Enya
Every time, the rain comes down
Close my eyes and listen
I can hear the lonesome sound
All the sky, as it cries

CHORUS:
Listen to the rain!
Here it comes again!
Hear it in the rain!

Feel the touch of tears that fall
They won't fall forever
In the way, the day will flow
All things come, all things gone

CHORUS

Late at night, I drift away
I can hear you calling
And my name is in the rain
Leaves on trees, whispering
Deep blue seas, mystery

Even when this moment ends
Can't let go this feeling
Every day will come again in the sound falling down
Off the sky, as it cries
Hear my name in the rain







"Penelope's Song"

Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You'll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I'll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me.

There like a bird I'd fly
High through the air
Reaching for the sun's full rays
Only to find you there 

And in the night when our dreams are still
Or when the wind calls free
I'll keep your heart with mine
Till you come to me

Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You'll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I'll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me

 [ Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt ]

Στο Λιβυκό

Κι έτσι σιγά να ταξιδεύουμε

στου Νότου τα νερά

τρελά πουλιά μεταναστεύουμε

σε μέρη πιο ζεστά

Μέσα στους ήλιους που χανόμαστε

κατρακυλούν οι ελιές

σε θαλασσοσπηλιές κρυβόμαστε

να χτίσουμε φωλιές

Στο Λιβυκό μεθάει ο Αύγουστος

με δυο φεγγάρια φως

στου Ανέμου τ' ανοιχτό παράθυρο

με σεργιανά ο καιρός ] 2x

Απ' την αρχή πλάθοντας όνειρα

στο βλέμμα σου θωρώ

βράχους σπηλιές και μέρη απόμερα

μέσα τους να χαθώ

Φως της αλμύρας κάθε δειλινό

του Νότου τα νερά

με σεργιανούν σαν το παλιό καιρό

σε μέρη μυστικά

Στο Λιβυκό μεθάει ο Αύγουστος...

[Tραγούδι: Βέττα Καλλιόπη
Μουσική ,Στίχοι: Ιωάννου Γιάννης Κ./Μπακλαβάς Γιώργος]

Πόλεις του καλοκαιριού

Πόλεις του καλοκαιριού
της λιακάδας και του νότου
του καιρού αρχοντικά
καταφύγια του ανθρώπου.

Σαν το φως
σας χαϊδεύει το σκοτάδι
κι η ζωή σαν στρατός
σας πονάει και σας αλλάζει.

Αλεξάνδρεια, Βηρυτός
Σαλονίκη, Καρχηδόνα
εστεμμένη Δαμασκός
με πορφύρα και κορώνα.

Τραπεζούντα, Οδησσός
ημισέληνος και άστρα
κι ο παπούς ο Κομνηνός
στης Ιεριχώς τα κάστρα.

Στις δικές σας γειτονιές
θά ‘ρθω και θα κατοικήσω
με το γέλιο σας κρυφά
τη ζωή μου θα κεντήσω.

[Στίχοι:  Μπέτυ Κομνηνού

Μουσική:  

Νένα Βενετσάνου]

Το μαγισσάκι

Από τους χρόνους τους παλιούς το `χω βαθύ μεράκι
να βγω στις πέρα θάλασσες να βρω το μαγισσάκι

Τ’ άπιαστο σαν αερικό στην εμορφιά του Μάης
που αν κάνεις να τον μυριστείς αλίμονό σου εκάεις

Έβγα έβγα μαγισσάκι χτύπα χτύπα το ραβδάκι
ντο και ρε και μι και φα μες στα ροζ τα σύννεφα

Τι ζουμπούλια και τι κρίνα τι και τούτα τι κι εκείνα
ντο και ρε και φα και μι φούχτα μου και δύναμη

Ποιος θα μου δώκει δύναμη κι ένα μακρύ καμάκι
να βγω στις πέρα θάλασσες να βρω το μαγισσάκι

Που `ναι σπηλιά του ο ουρανός άγγελος η μαμά του
κι αφρός το φουστανάκι του στην άκρια του κυμάτου

Χτύπα χτύπα το ραβδάκι γίνε το νερό στ’ αυλάκι
φα και ρε και μι και ντο μες στο μπλε το ξάγναντο

Τα παπιά και τα βαπόρια παν μαζί και πάνε χώρια
έξι τέσσερα κι οχτώ γούρι μου και φυλαχτό

Ανοίξτε πύλες κι εκκλησιές ν’ ανάψω ένα κεράκι
να κάνει θαύμα στα κρυφά για με το μαγισσάκι

Που να κοιμάμαι ξυπνητός να τρέχω ξαπλωμένος
και να με λεν χωρίς καρδιά μα να `μαι ερωτευμένος

Έβγα έβγα μαγισσάκι χτύπα χτύπα το ραβδάκι
ντο και ρε και μι και φα μες στα ροζ τα σύννεφα

Τα παπιά και τα βαπόρια παν μαζί και πάνε χώρια
έξι τέσσερα κι οχτώ γούρι μου και φυλαχτό

[Στίχοι:   Οδυσσέας Ελύτης

Μουσική:  

Νένα Βενετσάνου ]

Σαν  παιδί

Ξανά στην αγκάλη σου, ξανά, σαν μικρό παιδί
γυναίκα αμάραντη, ξανά, σαν μικρό παιδί

Ποτέ δε σε ξέχασα, ποτέ, σαν μικρό παιδί
θολό φεγγαρόφωτο, ποτέ, σαν μικρό παιδί

Σελήνη δώσ’ μου την άλλη σου πλευρά
Η ανάσα είναι σαν πριόνι
Κόβει το χρόνο και σκορπά
στην άχραντη σιγή
φωτιά και χιόνι

Μακριά σου χανόμουνα συχνά, σαν μικρό παιδί
παλίρροια γόνιμη, συχνά, σαν μικρό παιδί

Αρχαίο κύμα, αρχαία προσμονή
Η ανάσα είναι σαν πριόνι
Κόβει το χρόνο και σκορπά
στην άχραντη σιγή
φωτιά και χιόνι

Ζητώ την αγάπη σου, ξανά, σαν μικρό παιδί
γαζέλα ανάλαφρη, ξανά, σαν μικρό παιδί

Παραδομένος κι απόλυτος μαζί
Η ανάσα είναι σαν πριόνι
Κόβει το χρόνο και σκορπά
στην άχραντη σιγή
φωτιά και χιόνι

[ Στίχοι:   Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Μουσική:   Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου  ]

Διάφανος 

Στου δειλινού την άκρη αποκοιμήθηκα
σαν ξένος, σαν ξενάκι, σαν πάντα ξένος
κι ήρθε και κατακάθησε πάνω μου σαν σεντόνι
όλη της γης η σκόνη,
όλη της γης η σκόνη...
Ωωωω...

Ήρθε με τη σειρά της κι η μαύρη θάλασσα
έφερε ένα καράβι ακυβέρνητο
ανέβηκα σαν άνεμος, ανέβηκα σαν κλέφτης
το ψέμα δεν το βλέπεις,
το ψέμα δεν το βλέπεις...
Ωωωω...

Στην πλώρη ακουμπισμένος, ένας διάφανος
τα κόκκαλα μετράει, μένει άφωνος
τρώει την πέτρα σαν ψωμί, ο Καίσαρας Βαλιέχο
άλλο αδερφό δεν έχω,
άλλο αδερφό δεν έχω...
Ωωωω...

Σπιθίζει το τσιγάρο σε κάθε ρουφηξιά
η Ισπανία γέρνει, κι η μόνη που νικά
η ηδονή που μας γεννά, που παίζει το χαρτί μας,
χωρίς τη θέλησή μας,
χωρίς τη θέλησή μας...
Ωωωω....

Στου δειλινού την άκρη, δε βλέπεις όνειρα
αυτά που γίναν βλέπεις και τα επόμενα
βλέπεις τον άνθρωπο μικρό, που τον πατάν στ’ αλήθεια
τα πόδια του τα ίδια,
τα πόδια του τα ίδια...
Ωωωω...

[ Στίχοι:   Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Μουσική:   Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου  ]

Πεχλιβάνης

Μια νύχτα θα `ρθει από μακριά, βρε αμάν αμάν
αέρας Πεχλιβάνης
να μην μπορείς να κοιμηθείς, βρε αμάν αμάν
μόλις τον ανασάνεις.
Θα `χει θυμάρι στα μαλλιά, βρε αμάν αμάν
κράνα για σκουλαρίκια
και μες στο στόμα θα γυρνά, βρε αμάν αμάν
ρητορικά χαλίκια.

Θα κατεβεί σαν άρχοντας, βρε αμάν αμάν
θα κατεβεί σαν λύκος
να πάρει χρώμα και ζωή, βρε αμάν αμάν
της μοναξιάς ο κήπος.
Τα μελισσάκια θα γυρνούν, βρε αμάν αμάν
γύρω απ’ τις πολυθρόνες
και το νερό το κρύσταλλο, βρε αμάν αμάν
θα ρέει απ’ τις οθόνες.

Αέρα να `σαι τιμωρός, βρε αμάν αμάν
να `σαι και παιχνιδιάρης
κι αν βαρεθεί η ψυχούλα μου, βρε αμάν αμάν
να `ρθεις να μου την πάρεις,
για να κοιτάει από ψηλά, βρε αμάν αμάν
του κόσμου τη ραστώνη,
να ξεχαστεί σαν των βουνών, βρε αμάν αμάν
το περσινό το χιόνι.

[ Στίχοι: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Μουσική:Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου  ]

Παλιά πληγή

Βαθιά πληγή, παλιά πληγή
μονάκριβη δική μου
την ξεριζώνω απ’ την καρδιά
φυτρώνει στην αυλή μου
την ξεριζώνω απ’ την καρδιά
φυτρώνει στην αυλή μου
βαθιά πληγή, παλιά πληγή
μονάκριβη δική μου

Ανθίζει καταχείμωνο
που οι φωνές κοπάζουν
έχει τη φυλλωσιά πυκνή
και νύχια που χαράζουν
έχει τη φυλλωσιά πυκνή
και νύχια που χαράζουν
ανθίζει καταχείμωνο
που οι φωνές κοπάζουν

Αγαπημένα πρόσωπα
αγαπημένα μάτια
έρχονται σαν τα κύματα
και αφήνουν κατακάθια

Μαραίνεται απ’ το γέλιο μου
πίνει απ’ τα δάκρυα μου
έρχεται στις παρέες μου
και κλέβει τη μιλιά μου
έρχεται στις παρέες μου
και κλέβει τη μιλιά μου
μαραίνεται απ’ το γέλιο μου
πίνει απ’ τα δάκρυα μου

Βαθιά πληγή, παλιά πληγή
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[ Στίχοι: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Μουσική:Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου  ]

The mummers' dance

When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair
When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

Chorus:

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

Chorus

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone
"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand"

Chorus (2x)

'' Caravanserai ''

This glancing life is like a morning star
A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea
A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm
A dancing dream of all eternity

The sand was shimmering in the morning light
And dancing off the dunes so far away
The night held music so sweet, so long
And there we lay until the break of day

We woke that morning at the onward call
Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full
The sun was rising in the eastern sky
Just as we set out to the desert's cry

Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

The tents grew smaller as we rode away
On earth that tells of many passing days
The months of peace and all the years of war
The lives of love and all the lives of fears

Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

We crossed the river beds all etched in stone
And up the mighty mountains ever known
Beyond the valleys in the searing heat
Until we reached the caravanserai

Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

What is this life that pulls me far away
What is that home where we cannot reside
What is that quest that pulls me onward
My heart is full when you are by my side

Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you 

[''Caravanserai'' - Loreena McKennitt ]

 So sad

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

Looking out at the rain
Looking in through the storm.
Treading the waves,
Come in from harm.
How could you regret your other words ...
Hoping for thrills — free as a bird ...

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

There's a knock at the door,
I get up — let you in.
Travelled and stained,
Soaked to the skin.
Welcome my darling, you got here at last ...
Come and sit by the fire — forget what's past.

So sad, so sad,
So sad, so sad.

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

Looking out at the rain
Looking in through the storm.
Looking back, looking forward,
Flying up, flying down —
What have you found ?

So sad, so sad
What have you found ?
So sad, so sad
What have you found ?
So sad, so sad
What have you found ?
So sad, so sad. 

Blue Alert

There's perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt

She comes so close
You feel her then
She tells you No and No again
Your lip is cut on the edge of her pleated skirt
Blue Alert

Visions of her drawing near
Arise, abide, and disappear
You try to slow it down
It doesn't work

It's just another night I guess
All tangled up in nakedness
You even touch yourself
You're such a flirt
Blue Alert

You know how nights like this begin
The kind of knot your heart gets in
Any way you turn is going to hurt

There's perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt
Blue Alert

She breaks the rules so you can see
She's wilder than you'll ever be
You talk religion but she won't convert

Her body's twenty stories high
You try to look away, you try
But all you want to do is get there first
Blue Alert

You know how nights like this begin
The kind of knot your heart gets in
Any way you turn is going to hurt

There's perfume burning in the air
Bits of beauty everywhere
Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt
Blue Alert
Blue Alert...

Suzanne 

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

Padam Padam

(Γαλλικά)

Cet air qui m'obsède jour et nuit
Cet air n'est pas né d'aujourd'hui
Il vient d'aussi loin que je viens
Traîné par cent mille musiciens
Un jour cet air me rendra folle
Cent fois j'ai voulu dire pourquoi
Mais il m'a coupé la parole
Il parle toujours avant moi
Et sa voix couvre ma voix

Padam...padam...padam...
Il arrive en courant derrière moi
Padam...padam...padam...
Il me fait le coup du souviens-toi
Padam...padam...padam...
C’est un air qui me montre du doigt
et je traine apres moi comme une drole d’erreur
Cet air qui sait tout par coeur

Il dit: "Rappelle-toi tes amours
Rappelle-toi puisque c'est ton tour
'y a pas d'raison pour qu'tu n'pleures pas
Avec tes souvenirs sur les bras ».
Et moi je revois ceux qui restent
Mes vingt ans font battre tambour
Je vois s'entrebattre des gestes
Toute la comédie des amours
Sur cet air qui va toujours

Padam...padam...padam...
Ces "je t’aime » de 14 juillet
Padam...padam...padam...
Des "toujours" qu'on achète au rabais
Padam...padam...padam...
Ces veux-tu en voila par parquets
Et tout ca pour tomber jusqu’au coin d’ la rue
Cet air qui m’a reconnue
Écoutez le chahut qu'il me fait
Comme si tout mon passe defilait
Faut garder du chagrin pour après
J'en ai tout un solfège sur cet air qui bat
Qui bat comme un cœur de bois.

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Padam Padam

(Αγγλικά)

This tune which haunts me day and night
This tune wasn't written today
It comes from as far away as I come
Trawled around by a hundred thousand musicains
One day this tune will drive me mad
A hundred times I've wanted to say why
But it's interrupted me
It always speaks before i do
And its voice drowns out my voice

Padam...padam...padam
It comes running up behind me
Padam...padam...padam
It plays me the trick of: do you remember
C'est un air qui me montre du doigt
Et je traîne après moi comme un drole d'erreur
Cet air qui sait tout par cœur

It says: "Remember your loves
Remember cos it's your turn
There's no reason why you shouldn't cry
Encumbered with your memories
"And me, I see again those who remain
My 20 years make the drum beat
I see the succession of gestures flash by
All the comedy of love
To this tune which just keeps playing

Des "je t'aime" de quatorze-juillet
Padam...padam...padam...
The 'always's which we buy on the cheap
Des "veux-tu" en voilà par paquets
Et tout ca pour tomber juste au coin d'la rue
Sur l'air qui m'a reconnue
...
Listen to the commotion which it causes me
Comme si tout mon passé défilait
...
You need to keep some sorrow for later
I've got scores full in this tune which beats.
Which beats like a wooden heart

Chris Rea - Sweet Summer Day.   

I want to see the blue sky
I want to feel the breeze
I want to hear the summer wind
Singing in the trees
I want to touch forever
And drift into its soul
Put my troubles in my right hand
Hold them up
And let them go!

Sweet summer day
Talking about a sweet summer day
Take your troubles and let them fly away
I'm talking about a sweet summer day

So much time is wasted, pulling the line
For sure you are running faster
But you're only running blind
I want to touch forever
I want to really know
Put my troubles in my right hand
Hold them up and let them go

Sweet summer day
I'm talking about a sweet summer day
Take your troubles and let them drift away
Talking about a sweet summer day