segunda-feira, 25 de janeiro de 2010

Don't get me wrong

I've never payed attention to the lyrics of this dancing hit of the Pretenders. It's beautiful, sincere. Says a lot about me, and I believe, about a lot of people I know. My tribute to this "pop poem".

Don't get me wrong
If I'm looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by

Don't get me wrong
If you say "Hello" and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don't get me wrong

Don't get me wrong
If I'm acting so distracted
I'm thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile

Don't get me wrong
If I split like light refracted
I'm only off to wonder
Across a moonlit mile

Once in a while
Two people meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder, shower everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain
But there's something in the air

Don't get me wrong
If I come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow
But hopeless yesterday

Don't get me wrong
If I fall in the "mode of passion"
It might be unbelievable
But let's not say "so long"
It might just be fantastic
Don't get me wrong



Mainly the part "I might be great tomorrow but hopeless yesterday". That's part of life, please, don't get me wrong. 

2 comentários:

  1. Muito boa!
    Para aumentar a lista de "Good Lyrics", tem uma do Queen, do álbum A Night at the Opera (1974), para mim o melhor deles:

    GOOD COMPANY
    Brian May

    Take good care of what you've got
    My father said to me
    As he puffed his pipe and Baby B.
    He dandled on his knee
    Don't fool with fools who'll turn away
    Keep all Good Company

    Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
    Take care of those you call your own
    And keep Good Company

    Soon I grew and happy too
    My very good friends and me
    We'd play all day with Sally J.
    The girl from number four
    And very soon I begged her won't you
    Keep me Company

    Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
    Come marry me for evermore we'll
    Be Good Company

    Now marriage is an institution sure
    My wife and I our needs and nothing more
    All my friends by a year
    By and by disappeared
    But we're safe enough behind our door.

    I flourished in my humble trade
    My reputation grew
    The work devoured my waking hours
    But when my time was through
    Reward of all my efforts my own
    Limited Company

    I hardly noticed Sally as we
    Parted Company
    All through the years in the end it appears
    There was never really anyone but me

    Now I'm old I puff my pipe
    But no-one's there to see
    I ponder on the lesson of
    My life's insanity

    Take care of those you call your own
    And Keep Good Company

    Abração!

    Giorgio

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  2. Outra ótima letra. Mas há vários exemplos, desde "Something" do George Harrison, até "Message in a Bottle" do Police. De vez em quando dá um estalo que bate fundo na nossa realidade...Essa música que vc postou, do Queen é o A Night at the Opera, de 1975.

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