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B i o g r a p h y Her
story begins in Big Indian, a tiny village perched among the Catskill mountains,
although she didn't stay there long. Lhasa's (full name Lhasa de Sela)
idealistic and unconventional parents rejected routine and stability, preferring
to follow life wherever it might lead them. For seven years, the family would
crisscross the United States and Mexico in a converted school bus, Lhasa’s first
chapter in a long experience of the road. Her father was a writer and teacher
who would work in construction or picking fruit, when he had to; her mother was
a photographer. Travelling with them and her three sisters, it was her early
contacts with books, fairy tales, radio drama and passing landscapes that shaped
her imagination. Even at the time, she knew how lucky she was to be spending her
childhood as she was, although the freedom entailed uncertainty, as well. The
soundtrack to those years was a medley of the American and Mexican classics
loved by her father, and the Latin, Arab, Eastern European and Asian music her
mother would listen to. |
Llorando
De cara a la pared
Se apaga la ciudad
Llorando
Y no hay más
Muero quizás
Adonde estás
Soñando
De cara a la pared
Se quema la ciudad
Soñando
Sin respirar
Te quiero amar
Te quiero amar
Rezando
De cara a la pared
Se hunde la ciudad
Rezando
Santa María
Santa María
Santa María
Muriendo
Mi hija quédate conmigo un rato
Por que andas arrastrando esa desdicha
Espérame un momento y te desato
Pero, qué enredo te has puesto, muchachita
Qué amargos son los hechos que adivinas
Qué oscura es la ronda de tu recuerdo
Y en cuanto a tu corona de espinas
Te queda bien, pero la pagarás muy caro
Con tu mirada de fiera ofendida
Con tu vendaje donde herida no hay
Con tus gemidos de madre sufrida
Espantarás a tu última esperanza
Haz de tu puño algo cariñoso
Y haz de tu adiós un "ay mi amor"
Y de tu ceño una sonrisita
Y de tu fuga un "ya voy ya voy llegando"
Mi hija que pena me da de verte
Dejando olvidado a tu cuerpo
Muy lista, pobre boba, a dedicarte
A la eterna disección de un pecadillo
Mujer, desnúdate y estáte quieta
A ti te busca la saeta
Y es el hombre, al fin, como sangría
Que a veces da salud y a veces mata
Y es el hombre, al fin, como sangría
Que a veces da salud y a veces mata
Con tu mirada de fiera ofendida
Con tu vendaje donde herida no hay
Con tus gemidos de madre sufrida
Espantarás a tu última esperanza
Haz de tu puño algo cariñoso
Y haz de tu adiós un "ay mi amor"
Y de tu ceño una sonrisita
Y de tu fuga un "ya voy ya voy llegando"
Mi hija que pena me da de verte
Dejando olvidado a tu cuerpo
Muy lista, pobre boba, a dedicarte
A la eterna disección de un pecadillo
Mujer, desnúdate y estáte quieta
A ti te busca la saeta
Y es el hombre, al fin, como sangría
Que a veces da salud y a veces mata
Y es el hombre, al fin, como sangría
Que a veces da salud y a veces
He venido al desierto pa reirme de tu amor
Que el desierto es más tierno y la espina besa mejor
He venido a este centro de la nada pa gritar
Que tú nunca mereciste lo que tanto quise dar
Que tú nunca mereciste lo que tanto quise dar
He venido al desierto pa irme de tu amor
Que el desierto es más tierno y la espina besa mejor
He venido a este centro de la nada pa gritar
Que tú nunca mereciste
He venido yo corriendo olvidándome de ti
Dame un beso pajarillo no te asustes colibrí
He venido encendida al desierto pa quemar
Porque el alma prende fuego cuando deja de amar
Porque el alma prende fuego cuando deja de amar
He venido yo corriendo olvidándome de ti
Dame un beso pajarillo y no te asustes colibrí
He venido encendida al desierto pa quemar
Porque el alma prende fuego
He venido yo corriendo olvidándome de ti
Dame un beso pajarillo y no te asustes colibrí
He venido encendida al desierto pa quemar
Porque el alma prende fuego cuando deja de amar
Porque el alma prende fuego cuando deja de amar
He venido al desierto pa irme de tu amor
Que el desierto es más tierno y la espina besa mejor
He venido a este centro de la nada pa gritar
Que tú nunca mereciste lo que tanto quise dar
He venido yo corriendo olvidándome de ti
Dame un beso pajarillo y no te asustes colibrí
He venido encendida al desierto pa quemar
Porque el alma prende fuego
Así ando yo
Cantando aún mis penas
Queriendo que me ames
Para mi soledad
Y hasta que yo te quiera
Qué quieres que te cante
Por eso me quedo
Ay ay ay hasta el final
Y así amo yo
Con rimas tan torcidas
Buscando disonancias
Pa mi nueva canción
Y hasta que yo te quiera
Qué quieres que te cante
Por eso me quedo
Ay ay ay hasta el final
Y así amo yo
Con rimas tan torcidas
Buscando disonancias
Pa mi nueva canción
Y hasta que yo te quiera
Qué quieres que te cante
Y hasta que yo te quiera
Qué vale lo que cante
Por eso me quedo
Ay ay ay hasta el final
Nací en la playa de mar y arena
Bajo la sombra de un payande
Como mi madre fue una esclava
También la marca yo la llevé
Ay
Suerte maldita de llevar cadenas
Y ser esclava
Y ser esclava de un vil señor
Ay
Suerte maldita de llevar cadenas
Y ser esclava
Y ser esclava de un vil señor
La virgen se está peinando
Entre cortina y cortina
Los cabellos son de oro
Y los peines de plata fina
Pero mira como beben
Los peces en el río
Pero mira como beben
Por ver al dios nacido
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
La virgen va caminando
Y va caminando solita
Y no lleva pa compañía
Que el niño de su manita
Pero mira como beben
Los peces en el río
Pero mira como beben
Por ver al dios nacido
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
La virgen lleva una rosa
En su divina pechera
Que se la dio San José
Antes que el niño naciera
Pero mira como beben
Los peces en el río
Pero mira como beben
Por ver al dios nacido
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
La virgen lava pañales
Y los tiende del romero
Los pajarillos cantando
Y el romero floreciendo
Pero mira como beben
Los peces en el río
Pero mira como beben
Por ver al dios nacido
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Bebe y beben y vuelven a beber
Los peces en el agua por ver al dios nacer
Mi corazón sufre, y se llena de enojo
Sólo una vez se nace, una vez se es un hombre
Una vez se ama, pues de una vez por siempre
Eso es mi destino vivir según su antojo
Si aún por breve tiempo estuvieras a mi lado
Envuelto en mi rebozo suspenso en mi beso
Dejando tu cuidado entre flores olvidado
Si aún por un momento estuvieras a mi lado
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su casa
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su casa
Mi corazón sufre porque él también se acaba
Suspira por la vida y marcha hacia la nada
Su dominio es dudoso su deber peligroso
Sus nervios y su voz y su órbita prestados
Allá se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no
Ya se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no hay
Allá se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no
Ya se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no hay
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su
Del todo nos vamos y desaparecemos en su casa
Allá se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no
Ya se hacen las cosas ondulando donde vida no hay
Un, deux, trois
Deux, deux, trois
Aunque mi vida esté de sombras llena
No necesito amar, no necesito
Yo comprendo que amar es una pena
Y que una pena de amor, es infinito
Y no necesito amar, tengo vergüenza
De volver a querer lo que he querido
Toda repetición es una ofensa
Y toda suspresion es un olvido
Desdeñosa, semejante a los dioses
Yo seguiré luchando por mi suerte
Sin escuchar las espantadas voces
De los envenenados por la muerte
No necesito amar, absurdo fuera
Repetiré el sermón de la montaña
Por eso he de llevar hasta que muera
Todo el odio inmortal que me acompaña
Aunque mi vida esté de sombras llena
No necesito amar, no necesito
Yo comprendo que amar es una pena
Y que una pena de amor es infinito
Y no necesito amar, tengo vergüenza
De volver a querer lo que he querido
Toda repetición es una ofensa
Y toda suspresion es un olvido
Desdeñosa, semejante a los dioses
Yo seguiré luchando por mi suerte
Sin escuchar las espantadas voces
De los envenenados por la muerte
No necesito amar, absurdo fuera
Repetiré el sermón de la montaña
Por eso he de llevar hasta que muera
Todo el odio inmortal que me acompaña
El pájaro
Mírenme, a la vida vuelvo ya
La la la
Pajarillo, tú me despertaste
Enséñame a vivir
En un abismo yo te esperé
Con el abismo yo me enamoré
Pájaro, me despertaste
Pájaro, no sé por qué
Mírenme, a la vida vuelvo ya
La la la
Pajarillo, tú me condenaste
A un amor sin final
En un abismo yo te esperé
Con el abismo yo me enamoré
Pájaro, me despertaste
Pájaro, no sé por qué
Mírenme, a la vida vuelvo ya
La la la
Pajarillo, tú me condenaste
A un amor sin final
En un abismo yo te esperé
Con el abismo yo me enamoré
Pájaro me despertaste
Pájaro yo sé por qué
Mírenme, a la vida vuelvo ya
La la la
Desde que no hay maldad
Que no hay ni hambre
Ni miedo, ni soledad
No hay nadie que me ame
En toda esa ciudad
Desde que no hay dolor
No hay nadie que sufra
Por un amor
Nadie más que yo
No, no quiero olvidar
Ay, ya no se canta
Como se cantaba ayer
Ahora dicen : “Ven, tomamos un café
Besamos en Français”
No, ya no se canta
“Sin tu amor me moriré”
No se grita "ya
No aguanto este sufrir...
Quiero vivir…”. Linda canción
Desde que no hay maldad
Todo el mundo se ríe
De mi ansiedad.
Yo lo llamo “poesía”
Le dicen “Vanidad”
Desde que no hay traición
Mi vida se desnuda
Ya sin pasión
Y no sé para qué
Sirve mi corazón
Ay, ya no se canta
Como se cantaba ayer
Ahora dicen : “Ven, tomamos un café
Besamos en Français”
No, ya no se canta
“Sin tu amor me moriré”
No se grita "ya
No aguanto este sufrir...
Quiero vivir…”. Linda canción
Ay, ya no se canta
Como se cantaba ayer
Ahora dicen : “Ven, tomamos un café
Besamos en Français”
No, ya no se canta
“Sin tu amor me moriré”
No se grita "ya
No aguanto este sufrir...
Quiero vivir…”. Linda canción
El árbol del olvido
En mi pago hay un árbol
Que del olvido se llama
Donde van a consolarse
Vidalita
Los moribundos del alma
Para no pensar en vos
En el árbol del olvido
Me acosté una nochecita
Vidalita
Y me quedé bien dormida
Y al despertar de aquel sueño
Pensaba en vos otra vez
Pues me olvidé de olvidarte
Vidalita
En cuantito me acosté
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Con toda Palabra
Con toda palabra |
With all words With all words With all smiles With all looks With all caresses I draw near the water Drinking your kiss The light of your face The light of your body To love you is a prayer The song of the mute The eyes of the blind The naked secret I entrust myself to your arms I’m afraid and I’m calm A prayer in my mouth And a prayer in my soul With all words With all smiles With all looks With all caresses I draw near the fire That burns all of this The light of your face The light of your body To love you is a prayer The song of the mute The eyes of the blind The naked secret I entrust myself to your arms I’m afraid and I’m calm A prayer in my mouth And a prayer in my soul |
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La marée haute
La route chante |
The high tide The road is singing When i set out I take three steps… The road grows silent The road is dark As far as i can see I take three steps… The road is gone I climbed up On the high tide The head is full But the heart Wants more Hands of lace Wooden face Body of brick Eyes that sting Hands of lace Wooden face I take three steps… And you are there I climbed up On the high tide The head is full But the heart Wants more |
I live in this country now
I’m called by this name
I speak this language
It’s not quite the same
For no other reason
Than this it’s my home
And the places I used to be
Far from are gone
You’ve travelled this long
You just have to go on
Don’t even look back to see
How far you’ve come
Though your body is bending
Under the load
There is nowhere to stop
Anywhere on this road
My heart is breaking
I cannot sleep
I love a man
Who’s afraid of me
He believes if he doesn’t
Stand guard with a knife
I’ll make him my slave
For the rest of his life
I love this hour
When the tide is just turning
There will be an end
To the longing and yearning
If i can stand up
To angels and men
I’ll never get swallowed
In darkness again
You’ve travelled this long
You just have to go on
Don’t even look back to see
How far you’ve come
Though your body is bending
Under the load
There is nowhere to stop
Anywhere on this road
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Abro la ventana
Ahora me levanto |
I open the window Now i get up From this bed Now i open the window And the light comes in With the wind Now i feel you You are so far From here If one day you leave And never return If one day i leave And don’t come back again How vast the world is It’s infinite Yesterday i had you In my arms And today Like a grain of sand In some unknown land You are hidden from me If one day you leave And never return If one day i leave And don’t come back again What a silence Everything in suspense What vertigo To not see you I resonate Like a bell I open the window And you come in You come in… |
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J'arrive à la ville
Moi aussi… |
I come to the city I too… I too Come to the city To pour My life into it I climb up the street Like a giant That is the city And that… Is my life I too… I too Come here to run away I am still Far ahead If the city will hide me No one will find me I don’t know who I’ve forgotten what I too… I too Come here empty-handed To the south of the north To the north of the south I have a past But i don’t use it The future will be better So much better than that I too… I too Come to the city To pour My life into it I climb up the street Like a giant That is the city And that… Is my life |
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La frontera
Hoy vuelvo a la frontera |
The border Today i return to the border I have to cross over again It’s the wind that commands me And pushes me to the border And erases the path Which disappears behind I drag myself beneath the sky And the clouds of winter It’s the wind that commands them And no one can stop them Sometimes they fight without mercy Sometimes they dance And sometimes…nothing Today i cross the border Beneath the sky Beneath the sky It’s the wind that commands me Beneath the iron sky I am the black point that wanders On the outskirts of luck |
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La confession
Je n’ai pas peur Je n’ai pas peur de dire Je me sens coupable |
The confession I’m not afraid To say that i betrayed you Out of pure laziness Out of pure melancholy Between you And the devil I chose the most Comfortable But all of that Isn’t the reason That i feel guilty Dear friend I’m not afraid To say you frighten me With your hope And your great sense Of honor You make me want to Ruin everything To tear that smile From your face And even that Is not the reason That i feel guilty That’s the worst of it I feel guilty Because it’s a habit It’s the only thing I can do With real Certainty It’s reassuring To think that There is no mistake When it comes To the question Of my great guilt I’m not afraid To say i cheated I put my most Pure thoughts Up for sale I want to forget This whole idea Of « truth » I’ll keep As my guides Only pleasure And guilt
I feel guilty |
I made a small small song
I made a small small song
I sang it all night long
All through
The wind and rain
Until the morning came
This song is my small song
This song is my small song
I sang it all night long
And when
The morning came
I had to start all over again
My song is so so small
My song is so so small
I could get down and crawl
Searching from
Wall to wall
And never see
Anything at all
How could you hate
Such a small song
How could you hate
Such a small song
If i was right
I would be wrong
Don’t be afraid
It’s just a small song
My name
Why don’t you ask me
How long i’ve been waiting
Set down on the road
With the gunshots exploding
I’m waiting for you
In the gloom and the blazing
I’m waiting for you
I sing like a slave i know
I should know better
I’ve learned all my lessons
Right down to the letter
And still i go on like this
Year after year
Waiting for miracles
And shaking with fear
Why don’t you answer
Why don’t you come save me
Show me how to use
All these things
That you gave me
Turn me inside out
So my bones can save me
Turn me inside out
You’ve come this close
You can come even closer
The gunshots get louder
And the world spins faster
And things just get further
And further apart
The head from the hands
And the hands from the heart
One thing that’s true
Is the way that i love him
The earth down below
And the sky up above him
And still i go on like this
Day after day
Still i go on like this
Now i’ve said this
I already feel stronger
I can’t keep waiting for you
Any longer
I need you now
Not someday
When i’m ready
Come down on the road
Come down on the road
My name my name
Nothing is the same
I won’t go back
The way i came
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Pa'llegar a tu lado
Gracias a tu cuerpo doy |
To reach your side I give thanks to your body For waiting for me I had to get lost To reach your side I give thanks to your arms For reaching me I had to go so far To reach your side I give thanks to your hands For bearing me I had to burn up To reach your side |
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Para el fin del mund o el ano
nuevo
Llegarás manana |
For the end of the world or the new year You’ll be here tomorrow For the end of the world Or the new year Tomorrow i kill you Tomorrow i hand you over I’m up ahead I’m not afraid I’m not afraid anymore Tomorrow i tell you that love That love has gone away And then… And then seven years of exile For having lied to you so So much You’ll be here tomorrow For the end of the world Or the new year My skeleton is dancing Dressing up again In its suit of flesh Its wig of fire I go out to meet you Halfway And then… And then seven years of exile For having lied to you so So much You’ll be here tomorrow For the end of the world Or the new year The port fills up With warships And a fine rain Of ash is falling I go out to meet you In my suit In my suit of earth And then… And then seven years of exile For having lied to you so So much |
Soon this space willbe too small
Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll go outside
To the huge hillside
Where the wild winds blow
And the cold stars shine
I’ll put my foot
On the living road
And be carried from here
To the heart of the world
I’ll be strong as a ship
And wise as a whale
And I’ll say the three words
That will save us all
And I’ll say the three words
That will save us all
Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll laugh so hard
That the walls cave in
Then I’ll die three times
And be born again
In a little box
With a golden key
And a flying fish
Will set me free
Soon this space will be too small
All my veins and bones
Will be burned to dust
You can throw me into
A black iron pot
And my dust will tell
What my flesh would not
Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll go outside
And I’ll go outside
And I’ll go outside
Is anything wrong
I used to say
I'm ready show me the way
Then another year or two
Would pass me by
Is anything wrong
Oh love is anything right
And how will we know
Will time make us wise
People outside
They know just what to do
They look at me
And they think that I know too
Is anything wrong
Oh love is anything right
And how will we know
Will time make us wise
I've found a home
Now will life begin
I can wait another year or two
But not one moment more
Is anything wrong
Oh love is anything right
And how will we know
Will time make us wise
Rising
I got caught in a storm
And carried away
I got turned, turned around
I got caught in a storm
That's what happened to me
So I didn't call
And you didn't see me for a while
I was rising up
Hitting the ground
And breaking and breaking
I was caught in a storm
Things were flying around
And doors were slamming
And windows were breaking
And I couldn't hear what you were saying
I couldn't hear what you were saying
I couldn't hear what you were saying
I was rising up
Hitting the ground
And breaking and breaking
Rising up
Rising up
Love came
here
There is no end to this story
No final tragedy or glory
Love came here and never left
Now that my heart is open
It can't be closed or broken
Love came here and never left
Now I’ll have to live with loving you forever
Although our days of living life together
Of living life together are over
There's nothing here to throw away
I came to you in light of day
And love came here and never left
What kind of
heart
What kind of heart
Would a blind man choose
Would a blind man choose
What's better to wear
In the dark for love
In the dark for love
Than a wooden glove
Tied behind your back
Tied behind your back
Where its fingers clack
Where its fingers clack
What kind of heart
Would a blind man choose
Would a blind man choose
Bells are
ringing
Bells are ringing
All through the drowned town
In the empty streets
And a hundred miles around
Bells are ringing
Birds are flying upside down
My heart has been lost for too long
Bells are ringing
Ships will be leaving
This was my home
Nothing's moving nothing is breathing
Bells are ringing
Ringing me from sleep
My sleep was not restful
But my dreaming was deep
Bells are ringing
We both know
There's nothing left to do
But walk out there and go
You could lean your head down
And rest it on my knee
You could tell me a story
That does not end this way
Bells are ringing
We both know
There's nothing left to do
But walk out there and go
Fool's
gold
You told me that you'd stay with me
And shelter me forever
That was a hard promise to keep
I can't blame you for the bad weather
After all that has been said and done
I won't ask you where you're going
Don't keep in touch, I don't miss you much
Except sometimes early in the morning
Now use your silver tongue once more
There's one thing that I’d like to know
Did you ever believe the lies that you told
Did you earn the fool's gold that you gave me
I forgive you wanting to be free
I realize you long to wander
And I sympathize with your roving eyes
I just can't forgive your bad manners
Now use your silver tongue once more
There's one thing that I’d like to know
Did you ever believe the lies that you told
Did you earn the fool's gold that you gave me
A fish on
land
I had a dream last night
A fish on land
Gasping for breath
Just laughed
And sang this song
Is life like this for everyone
Is life like this for everyone
I picked him up
He had a human face
I carried him
To where the water was
A grey and still and dusty thing
A grey and still and dusty thing
I dropped him in
And he could breathe again
And then he grew
And he became a man
I knew that I would marry him
I knew that I would marry him
I had a dream last night
A fish on land
Gasping for breath
Just laughed
And sang this song
Is life like this for everyone
Is life like this for everyone
Where do
you go
Where do you go
When your tides get low
In the summer dress
Of your drunkenness
I go far from here
Where the silence sleeps
In the very deeps
Of the holy blue
And I dream of you
And I dream of you
Dream of you
Dream of you
What do you say
When the rotted day
Is around your feet
In the noisy street
And your eyes fall rain
From pain from pain
I say never again
Never again
Never again
Why do you wander
So light though falling
In the underwater calling
I skate like a bird
Drunk on a word
Almost in love
If I only knew
But the best will drive
Through me and you
Me and you
Me and you
The lonely
spider
Lonely spider waiting in her web
Hoping she can catch some happiness
Then who should stumble into here but you
Got you where I want you
Got you where I want you
Lovely lady spider likes you best
Begs you to come live in her own nest
Feeds you clothes you gives her heart to you
Got you where I want you
Got you where I want you
Don't know why you put up such a fight
Make the lady spider cry all night
You never have to be alone again
Got you where I want you
Got you where I want you
Lonely spider waiting in her web
Hoping she can catch some happiness
Oh when will happiness come by again
1001
nights
I have no way to prove it
No proof but I believe
A thousand and one nights of this
And then I will be free
My prison will be broken down
The dark will come undone
A thousand and one nights of this
And then the change will come
A garden growing underground
A treasure waiting to be found
A bird that never makes a sound
You don't have to believe it
But just you wait and see
A thousand and one nights of this
And then I will be free
I'm going
in
When my lifetime had just ended
And my death had just begun
I told you I’d never leave you
But I knew this day would come
Give me blood for my blood wedding
I am ready to be born
I feel new
As if this body were the first I’d ever worn
I need straw for the straw fire
I need hard earth for the plow
Don't ask me to reconsider
I am ready to go now
I'm going in I’m going in
This is how it starts
I can see in so far
But afterwards we always forget
Who we are
I'm going in I’m going in
I can stand the pain
And the blinding heat
'Cause I won't remember you
The next time we meet
You'll be making the arrangements
You'll be trying to set me free
Not a moment for the meeting
I'll be busy as a bee
You'll be talking to me
But I just won't understand
I'll be falling by the wayside
You'll be holding out your hand
Don't you tempt me with perfection
I have other things to do
I didn't burrow this far in
Just to come right back to you
I'm going in I’m going in
I have never been so ugly
I have never been so slow
These prison walls get closer now
The further in I go
I'm going in I’m going in
I like to see you from a distance
And just barely believe
And think that
Even lost and blind
I still invented love
I'm going in
I’m going in
I’m going in
Anyone
and everyone
You walk out your front door front door
Out into sound and sun
And people say hello to you
And you say hello to everyone
The leaves are falling falling down
Down into sound and sun
And no one is afraid of you
And you're not afraid of anyone
Your sisters on the open sea
Your brothers here on land
There's not enough breath in a single day
To pray everyone will be ok
The leaves are falling falling down
Down into sound and sun
And no one is afraid of you
And you're not afraid of anyone
Corrido de Pancho Villa
( Tradicional / Victor Jara )
Fui soldado de Francisco Villa
De aquel hombre de fama inmortal
Que aunque estuvo sentado en la silla
No envidiara la presidencial
Ahora vivo alla por la orilla
Recordando aquel tiempo inmortal
Ay, ay
Ahora vivo alla por la orilla
Recordando a Villa alla por Parral
Yo fui uno de aquellos dorados
Que con tiempo llego a ser mayor
En la lucha quedamos lisiados
Defendiendo la patria y honor
Hoy recuerdo los tiempos pasados
Que peleamos con el invasor
Ay, ay
Hoy recuerdo los tiempos pasados
De aquellos dorados que yo fui mayor
Mi caballo que tanto montaba
En Jimenez la muerte alcanzo
Una bala que a mi me tocaba
A su cuerpo se le atraveso
Al morir de dolor relinchaba
Por la patria la vida entrego
Ay, ay
Al morir de dolor relinchaba
Como le lloraba cuando se murio
Pancho Villa te llevo grabado
En mi mente y en mi corazon
Aunque a veces me vi derrotado
Por las fuerzas de Alvaro Obregon
Siempre anduve como fiel soldado
Hasta el fin de la revolucion
Ay, ay
Siempre anduve como fiel soldado
Que tanto ha luchado al pie del cañon
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Gritenme Piedras
Del Campo ( Cuco Sanchez ) Soy como el viento que corre Alrededor de este mundo Ando entre muchos placeres Ando entre muchos placeres Pero no es suyo ninguno Soy como el pajaro en jaula Preso y hundido en tu amor Aunque la jaula sea de oro Aunque la jaula sea de oro No deja de ser prision Hablen me montes y valles Gritenme piedras del campo Cuando habian visto en la vida Querer como estoy queriendo Llorar como estoy llorando Morir como estoy muriendo A veces me siento un sol Y el mundo me importa nada Luego despierto y me rio Luego despierto y me rio Soy mucho menos que nada En fin soy en este mundo Como la pluma en el aire Sin rumbo voy por la vida Y de eso tu eres culpable Hablen me
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Scream To Me Stones In The Field ( Cuco Sanchez / Translation ) I am like the wind That runs all around this world Surrounded by pleasure Surrounded by pleasure But it is never mine I am like a bird A prisoner sunk in your love Even though the cage is golden Even though the cage is golden It doesn't keep it from being a prison Talk to me mountains and valleys Scream to me stones in the field When have you ever seen anyone Love like I am loving Cry like I am crying Die like I am dying Sometimes I feel I'm the sun The world is not important to me Later I wake up and laugh Later I wake up and laugh I am more or less nothing In the end I'm in this world like a feather in the air Going through life with no direction And it's all your fault Talk to me
mountains and valleys |
La Llorona
( Traditional )
Todos me dicen el negro, llorona
Negro pero cariñoso
Todos me dicen el negro, llorona
Negro pero cariñoso
Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona
Picante pero sabroso
Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona
Picante pero sabroso
Ay! de mi, llorona
Llorona, llorona llevame al rio
Ay! de mi, llorona
Llorona, llorona llevame al rio
Tápame con tu rebozo
Llorona porque me muero de frío
Tápame con tu rebozo
Llorona porque me muero de frío
No sé lo que tienen las flores, llorona
Las flores de un campo santo
No sé lo que tiene las flores, llorona
Las flores de un campo santo
Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona
Parece que están llorando
Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona
Parece que están llorando
Ay! de mi, llorona
Me quitaran de quererte llorona
Pero de olvidarte nunca
Me quitaran de quererte llorona
Pero de olvidarte nunca
Ay! de mi, llorona
Llorona, llorona
La Pistola Y
El Corazon
( Los Lobos Cover / Live )
No se como decirte
No se como explicarte
Que aqui no hay remedio
De lo que siento yo
De lo que siento yo
La luna me dice una cosa
Las estrellas me dicen otra
Y la luz del dia me canta
Esta triste cancion
Esta triste cancion
Los besos que me diste mi amor
Son los que me estan matando
Ya las lagrimas me estan secando
Con mi pistola y mi corazon
Y aqui siempre paso la vida con
La pistola y el corazon
No se como besarte
No se como abrasarte
Porque no se me deja
Dolor que tengo yo
El dolor que tengo yo
Esta noche tan oscura con sus
Sombras tan tranquilos
Y el viento me sige cantando
Este humilde cancion
Este humilde cancion
Los besos que me diste mi amor
Son los que me estan matando
Ya las lagrimas me estan secando
Con mi pistola y mi corazon
Y aqui siempre paso la vida con
La pistola y el corazon
Le plat pays
( Jacques Brel Cover )
Avec la mer du Nord pour dernier terrain vague
Et des vagues de dunes pour arrêter les vagues
Et de vagues rochers que les marées dépassent
Et qui ont à jamais le cœur à marée basse
Avec infiniment de brumes à venir
Avec le vent de l'est écoutez-le tenir
Le plat pays qui est le mien
Avec des cathédrales pour uniques montagnes
Et de noirs clochers comme mâts de cocagne
Où des diables en pierre décrochent les nuages
Avec le fil des jours pour unique voyage
Et des chemins de pluie pour unique bonsoir
Avec le vent d'ouest écoutez-le vouloir
Le plat pays qui est le mien
Avec un ciel si bas qu'un canal s'est perdu
Avec un ciel si bas qu'il fait l'humilité
Avec un ciel si gris qu'un canal s'est pendu
Avec un ciel si gris qu'il faut lui pardonner
Avec le vent du nord qui vient s'écarteler
Avec le vent du nord écoutez-le craquer
Le plat pays qui est le mien
Avec de l'Italie qui descendrait l'Escaut
Avec Frida la Blonde quand elle devient Margot
Quand les fils de novembre nous reviennent en mai
Quand la plaine est fumante et tremble sous juillet
Quand le vent est au rire, quand le vent est au blé
Quand le vent est au sud, écoutez-le chanter
Le plat pays qui est le mien
Les deux
guitares
( Charles Aznavour Cover )
Deux tziganes sans répits
Grattent leur guitare
Ranimant du fond des nuits
Toute ma mémoire
Sans savoir que roule en moi
Un flot de détresse
Font renaître sous leurs doigts
Ma folle jeunesse
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is chê mênaga mênaga raz
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is cho mênaga mênaga raz
Jouez tziganes, jouez pour moi
Avec plus de flamme
Afin de couvrir la voix
Qui dit à mon âme
Où as-tu mal, pourquoi as-tu mal
Ah t'as mal à la tête
Mais bois un peu moins aujourd'hui
Tu boiras plus demain
Et encore plus après-demain
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is chê mênaga mênaga raz
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is cho mênaga mênaga raz
Je veux rire et chanter
Et soûler ma peine
Pour oublier le passé
Qu'avec moi je traîne
Allez, apportez-moi du vin fort
Car le vin délivre
Oh, versez, versez-m'en encore
Pour que je m'enivre
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is chê mênaga mênaga raz
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is cho mênaga mênaga raz
Deux guitares en ma pensée
Jettent un trouble immense
M'expliquant la vanité
De notre existence
Que vivons-nous, pourquoi vivons-nous
Quelle est la raison d'être
Tu es vivant aujourd'hui, tu seras mort demain
Et encore plus après-demain
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is chê mênaga mênaga raz
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is cho mênaga mênaga raz
Quand je serais ivre-mort
Faible et lamentable
Et que vous verrez mon corps
Rouler sous la table
Alors, alors vous pourrez cesser
Vos chants qui résonnent
Mais, en attendant jouez
Jouez je l'ordonne
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is chê mênaga mênaga raz
E khê raz, is cho raz
Is cho mênaga mênaga raz
Meu amor meu
amor
Meu amor meu amor
Meu corpo em movimento
Minha voz à procura
Do seu próprio lamento
Meu limão de amargura
Meu punhal a crescer
Nós parámos o tempo
Não sabemos morrer
E nascemos nascemos
Do nosso entristecer
Meu amor meu amor
Meu pássaro cinzento
A chorar a lonjura
Do nosso afastamento
Meu amor meu amor
Meu nó de sofrimento
Minha mó de ternura
Minha nau de tormento
Este mar não tem cura
Este céu não tem ar
Nós paramos o tempo
Não sabemos viver
E morremos morremos
Devagar devagar
( With Arthur H )
Bienvenue en mon cirque
Mon cabaret du ridicule
Ce soir, vous faites l’homme fort
Et moi, je joue les funambules
L’homme fort, sachez
Doit d’abord avoir l’air de faire
Un grand effort en silence
Il danse tout seul avec la mort
Nous sommes d’ici
Nous sommes gentils bien sur
Nous sommes plus forts plus forts que la nature nature
Nos avancions rayonnant
D’optimisme et d’amour
Qu’on a tout vu, tout vu
Et on rit encore encore
Et cependant je continue
Moi à risquer ce qui bouge dans mon ventre
Vous êtes si stoïque
Et moi si imprudente
C’est si burlesque
Si pittoresque
L’homme fort et la jeune funambule
Jouant à la cachette dans un hôtel qui brule
Nous sommes d’ici
Nous sommes gentils bien sur
Nous sommes plus forts plus forts que la nature nature
Nous avancions rayonnant
D’optimisme et d’amour
Qu’on a tout vu, tout vu
Et on rit encore encore
Que Nadie Sepa
Mi Sufrir
( Angel Cabral Cover / Live )
Amor de mis amores
Reina mía qué me hiciste
Que no puedo conformarme sin poderte contemplar
Ya que pagaste mal a mi cariño tan sincero
Sólo conseguirás que no te nombre nuncamás
Amor de mis amores si dejaste de quererme
No hay cuidado que la gente de eso no se enterará
Qué gano con decir que tu amor cambió mi suerte
Se burlarán de mí, que nadie sepa mi sufrir
Sometimes It
Hurts
(Duet with Tindersticks)
You're waisting your time
Coming round here
What got you to thinking
There was something new going on
You're waisting your time
Coming round here
What got you to thinking
I had a different song
Been lying awake all night
Trying to figure out
It's that old song
Keeps running around in my head
You're waisting your time
Coming round here
But what's good for me
Is not necessarely for the best
So play it for me
Sometimes it works
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it hurts
Some days it feels real good
Sometimes it hurts
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it works so good
I can't see my way home
Been climbing these old walls
Why don't they screamin
What a cheat you are
(oh i'm not you're mean)
Cos nothing else comes near me
You got this trick on the world
Me have the sharpest chisel
The keenest eye
It's just that old song
I only got the one
So play it for me
Sometimes it works
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it hurts
Some days it feels real good
Sometimes it hurts
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it works so good
I can't see my way home
I may have unscrewed the top
Just to hear that sound
I may poor little
Just to see the light shining thru
A little sip, but no more
Hey, you belong to me now
Don't you wander too far
So play it for me
And i'll play it for you
So play it for me
And i'll play it for you
Sometimes it works
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it hurts
Some days it feels real good
Sometimes it hurts
Sometimes it don't you know
Some days it works so good
I'm waisting my time
Coming round here
What once burned so brightly
Is all but smoke in the air
You're waisting your time
Coming around here
What got you to thinking
I had a different song
That Leaving
feeling
( Stuart S. Staples feat. Lhasa )
Stuart S. Staples :
I get that leaving feeling
This time it's here to stay
I've been weighing up the pulling
And pushing me away
The past is so heavy
But it's something I can't leave
And this future is so certain
It just pushes me to my knees
Lhasa :
Is that your heart talking
Or just that befuddled mind
The people that you love
They change when you leave them behind
Stuart S. Staples :
But this rope that is pulling
Is whittled down to a thread
And if I don't start climbing
Pretty soon it'll be over my head
Lhasa :
We all have dreams of leaving
We all want to make a new start
Go and pack a little suitcase
With the pieces of our hearts
All those worries and those sorrows
We can just toss them away
Buy a coffee and a paper
And those step on to a train
Stuart S. Staples :
But I've been too long wandering
Limping around this town
With everything that's pulling me
Is pulling me further down
Lhasa :
Go make all your excuses
Go say all you goodbyes
But take a look in the mirror
It's the hardest one you'll ever find
All those worries and those sorrows
You can just toss them away
Go find a new tomorrow
And forget about your yesterdays
So go and pat your kids
And kiss your dog goodbye
Leave your keys on the nail
With the sadness that's in your eyes
Stuart S. Staples :
Maybe tomorrow, today looks like it's bringing rain
And I'll leave everything in order
I don't want nothing standing in my way
There are jobs that need tending
And the logs that are waiting to stack
And I'll leave everything in order
I don't want nothing that's going to hold me back
Volver A Los
17
( Violeta Parra Cover )
Volver a los diecisiete
Después de vivir un siglo
Es como descifrar signos
Sin ser sabio competente
Volver a ser derrepente
Tan frágil como un segundo
Volver a sentir profundo
Como un niño frente a Dios
Eso es lo que siento yo
En este instante fecundo
Se va enrredando, enrredando
Como en el muro la hiedra
Y va brotando, brotando
Como el musguito en la piedra
Como el musguito en la piedra
Ay si, si, si
Mi paso retrocedido
Cuando el de ustedes avanza
El arco de las alianzas
Ha penetrado en mi nido
Con todo su colorido
Se ha paseado por mis venas
Y hasta las duras cadenas
Con que nos ata el destino
Es como un diamante fino
Que alumbra mi alma serena
Se va enrredando, enrredando
Como en el muro la hiedra
Y va brotando, brotando
Como el musguito en la piedra
Como el musguito en la piedra
Ay si, si, si
El amor es torbellino
De pureza original
Hasta el feroz animal
Susurra su dulce trino
Detiene a los peregrinos
Libera a los prisioneros
El amor con sus esmeros
Al viejo lo vuelve niño
Y al malo solo el cariño
Lo vuelve puro y sincero
Se va enrredando, enrredando
Como en el muro la hiedra
Y va brotando, brotando
Como el musguito en la piedra
Como el musguito en la piedra
Ay si, si, si
Who by fire
( Leonard Cohen Cover / Live )
And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of may
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling
Who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling
Who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
And who by his lady's command
Who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling
Who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
And who in your merry merry month of may
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling
