Lookin'out my backdoor

Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

© Creedence Clearwater Revival

I'm looking through you

I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Your lips are moving, I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game.
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
You're thinking of me, the same old way
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there
I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Yeah! Oh baby you changed!
Aah! I'm looking through you!
Yeah! I'm looking through you!
You changed, you changed, you changed!

© The Beatles

Baby, you can drive my car

Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can't you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

I told that girl that my prospects were good
And she said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

I told that girl I can start right away
When she said listen babe I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I found a driver and that's a start

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

© The Beatles

Soundscapes

This sonic landscape,
This comforting tone...
I know I've been here before,
Every time I close my eyes
I'm back.
I need to fell
The pulse of Earth
Beneath me.

We cross their boundaries
And we dare to dream:
To live amongst the sounds
That our arms hold so dear... so dear...

Strike those strings,
Let the waves run loose
Through this endless field.
Wherever the air can reach
Our wish will closely follow,
And I know someday I'll stop
Waking up.

This sonic landscape,
This vibrating sea...
I knew I'd be here once more;
No words can take me back,
I'm sure.
Only the song
Flowing out of your eyes
Can free me.

© Elfonía

Fragile

You've been biting bullets all these years, I know
There beside yourself, choking on tears
And you aced avoiding possibility
When you placed your beds on bittersweet

Now don't you worry
No need to be sorry
Time to step lightly

‘Cos the love you used to feel is still there, inside
It may be a faded photograph, but I know you care, so don't hide
If you're scared, I'm here beside you,
If you get lost I'm here to guide you
And I give you peace when peace is fragile
Love is all the good
Love is peace when peace is fragile

You've been going out of way to agree
Like you've been rubbing yourself all wrong just to be somebody else's genie
Catering to your disasters every need
Waiting to finally be set free

I said baby don't worry
Life will carry
Just take it slowly

‘Cos the love you used to feel is still there, inside
It may be a faded photograph, but I know you care, so don't hide
If you're scared I'm here beside you,
If you get lost I'm here to guide you
And I give you peace when peace is fragile
Love is all the good in you
Love is peace when peace is fragile

© Poets of the fall

Songbird

For you, there'll be no crying,
For you, the sun will be shining,
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right

And the songbirds are singing
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

To you, I will give the world
To you, I'll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

© Eva Cassidy

Há uma musica do Povo

Há uma musica do Povo,
Nem sei dizer se é um Fado –
Que ouvindo-a há um ritmo novo
No ser que tenho guardado…

Ouvindo-a sou quem seria
Se desejar fosse ser…
É uma simples melodia
Das que se aprendem a viver…

Mas é tão consoladora
A vaga e triste canção…
Que a minha alma já não chora
Nem eu tenho coração…

Sou uma emoção estrangeira,
Um erro de sonho ido…
Canto de qualquer maneira
E acabo com um sentido!

© Mariza

Mirando atrás...

Los calores no son buenos, ni para la salud, ni para el humor, ni para la creatividad. A 37º a las 10 de la noche una servidora no es capaz de encontrar ganas ni mucho menos inspiración para coger la cámara por más motivo que el estrictamente profesional. Todo se resiente, así que antes de ver cómo la calidad gráfica de este blog cae estrepitosamente y porque también me apetece que mis nuevos ojeadores escuchen algunos de los hermosos temas musicales subidos en los primeros meses de vida del blog, creo que, como los cantantes, voy a recurrir a un "Best of...".

Hoy les invito a escuchar tres hermosos temas: una versión, un "oldie" y uno instrumental. Que lo disfruten :)

Eye in the sky

The fosse

That old black magic

For what it's worth

Hey baby, come round
Keep holding me down
And I'll be keeping you up tonight.
The four letter word got stuck in my head
The dirtiest word that I've ever said
It's making me feel alright.

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do
For what it's worth, I'm gonna run, run, run
'Til the sweetness gets to you
And what is worse I love you!

Hey please baby, come back
There'll be no more loving attack
And I'll be keeping it cool tonight.
The four letter word is out of my head
Come on around, get back in my bed
Keep making me feel alright.

For what it's worth, I like you
And what is worse, I really do
Things have been worse
And we had fun, fun, fun
'Til I said I love you
And what is worse, I really do!

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

© The Cardigans

En el tronco de un árbol

En el tronco de un árbol una niña
grabó su nombre henchida de placer
y el árbol conmovido allá en su seno
a la niña una flor dejó caer

En el tronco de un árbol una niña
grabó su nombre henchida de placer
y el árbol conmovido allá en su seno
a la niña una flor dejó caer

Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste
Tú eres la niña que mi tronco hirió
Yo guardo siempre tu querido nombre
¿Tu qué has hecho de mi pobre flor?

Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste
Tú eres la niña que mi tronco hirió
Yo guardo siempre tu querido nombre
¿Tu qué has hecho de mi pobre flor?

© Olga Guillot

Here, there and everywhere

To lead a better life I need my love to be here...
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere

Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere

Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere

© The Beatles

La tabla del tres

Me gusta el tres ¡Dios lo bendiga!
Que come mucho porque tiene dos barrigas.
Me gusta el tres por comilón:
De todo come siempre una doble ración.

Me gusta el tres por elegante
que siempre lleva sus barrigas por delante.
Me gusta el tres, número non,
sus dos barrigas: la sandía y el melón.

3 x 1=3
Tres pedazos de una nuez.
3 x 2 son 6
¡Y a comer el entremés!
3 x 3 son 9
Se comió los dos percebes
3 x 4=12
Come como se te antoje
3 x 5=15
La barriga no te pinche
3 x 6 son 18
Aunque comas un bizcocho
3 x 7=21
Si te cabe una aceituna
3 x 8=24
Doble de bicarbonato
3 x 9=27
Ya no comas cacahuetes
3 x 10 resultan 30
Dos barrigas que revientan
Dos barrigas que revientan
Dos barrigas que revientan...
¡YA!

© Miliki

Walking wounded

Is it safe to look within
And erase all that's been
And all that's been between
Is it gone, tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I’m not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

Are you comfortable and numb
Do they all succumb
To all those lies
Does it satisfy the greed
Is it all you need
Is it all you want
Well baby I’m not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
And baby I’m not that strong
And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now
How does it feel?
How does it feel?

If your memories do stray
Then they'll betray
All that's past
And all that's been between
Is it gone, tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I'm not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
And baby I’m not that strong
And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now
How does it feel?
How does it feel?

How does it feel?
How does it feel?

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now

© The tea party

Three blind mice

Three blind mice,

Three blind mice

See how they run,

See how they run!

They all ran after

The farmer's wife

Who cut off their tails

With a carving knife

Did you ever see

Such a thing in your life

As three blind mice?

Popular

Dear East

Dear East, I wanted to run away, on a dappled grey, with a nimbus as my guide.
Dear East, I wanted to find a house I would be born in, live in, love in, and die.

I wanted so much.

Dear East, I wanted to have the sea, beyond my front door, the wood through windowpanes.
Dear East, I wanted to have my heart, growing in the garden, one beauteous and arcane.

I wanted so much.

Dear East, I wanted to run.
I wanted to find.
Dear East, I wanted the sea.
I wanted to have my heart.

I want you to have my heart.

© Meghan Coffee

Locking up the sun

They're locking up the sun, the light of reason’s gone,
And hope has been successfully undone
The question's burning on, where is it coming from?
No-one seems to know the monster born

It's a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible
Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable
Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible
And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

They're locking up the sun, they have their chosen one,
you know this time they'll make him play along
They're taking to the arms, the fathers and their sons,
there's nowhere left to run and hide

It's a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible
Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable
Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible
And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

And in the emptiness, there's the solution,
just look within yourself for absolution

And in the emptiness, there's the solution,
just look within yourself for absolution

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

© Poets of the fall

When the water breaks

Situación: Una boda

Estado de ánimo después de cuatro horas: Aburrimiento cansancio, desesperación, de todo un poco.

Solución: Disparar a lo primero que tienes delante, a ser posible con una cámara, claro.

Música © Liquid Tension Experiment

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, cerré mi puerta una mañana y eché a andar.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, dejé los montes y me vine al mar.

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba de la que nace en el valle a golpes de sol y de agua.

Tu nombre me lleva atado en un pliegue de tu talle y en el bies de tu enagua.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, aunque estás lejos yo te siento a flor de piel.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, se hace más corto el camino aquél.

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba de la que nace en el valle a golpes de sol y de agua.

Tu nombre me lleva atado en un pliegue de tu talle y en el bies de tu enagua.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, mi voz se rompe como el cielo al clarear.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, dejé los montes y me vine al mar.

© Joan Manuel Serrat

Rainy days and Mondays

Talking to myself and feeling odd
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I don't belong
Walking around, some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
It's nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Hanging around, nothing to do to but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

© The Carpenters

Hoy cumple mi niña un añito más

Hoy cumple mi niña
un añito más
Sus ojitos brillan
de felicidad
Rojas las mejillas
llenas de ilusión
Y no cabe el gozo,
y no cabe el gozo en su corazón
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña chiquita
Con cuanta emoción
apaga las velitas
Los padres se encantan
mirando a la hijita partiendo la tarta
con sus amiguitas
feliz cumpleaños
mi niña bonita

Hoy cumple mi niña
un añito más
Mi niña chiquita
qué bonita está
La miro y la miro
con felicidad
Que cumple mi hijita,
que cumple mi hijita un añito más.
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña chiquita
Con cuanta emoción
apaga las velitas
Los padres se encantan
mirando a la hijita partiendo la tarta
con sus amiguitas
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña bonita

© Perlita de Huelva