domenica 14 settembre 2008

I have tried in my way to be free/grazie Leonard


Ogni volta che l'ascolto mi sembra un piccolo miracolo. Anzi, tutto, assolutamente tutto al mondo, mi sembra un grosso miracolo.




Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
He said to me, you must not ask for so much.
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more?

Oh like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

4 commenti:

  1. Grazie per la visita, ma anche per essertelo segnato.

    RispondiElimina
  2. questa estate ho letto questo splendido racconto sul concerto che ha tenuto a roma:
    http://cadavrexquis.typepad.com/cadavrexquis/2008/07/leonard-cohen-auditorium-della-musica-roma.html

    ciao marina

    amalteo

    RispondiElimina
  3. Lui insieme a Dylan e a Springsteen è uno dei miei miti.

    RispondiElimina

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