Para estos tiempos difÃciles, en los que tanta gente lo está pasando mal y el futuro aparece negro, no me canso de escuchar una y otra vez este We Are The People, impresionante canción de John Mellencamp que se encuentra en su mejor disco, The Lonesome Jubilee (1987). Como no hay video original de la canción (los temas promocionales del disco fueron Paper in Fire, Cherry Bomb y Real Life) he encontrado un buen video en youtube realizado a partir de imágenes de la pelÃcula The Straight Story (Una historia verdadera) de David Lynch. Primero, la letra:
If you're feelin' shut down May my thoughts be with you If you're a Black man bein' beat down and shoved all around May my thoughts be with you If your world's gettin' a little too tough You know our thoughts are with you Hey, I know that it's crazy out there And my thoughts are with you CHORUS We are the people And we live forever We are the people And our future's written on the wind On the wind If you are one of the homeless May our thoughts be with you If you are scared and alone You know our thoughts are with you If you are one of the fortunate ones We all know it's lonely up there We understand that nobody's got it made So our thoughts are with you CHORUS You see yourself as a leader May my thoughts be with you If you try to divide and conquer We'll rise up against you We know only the strong will survive But the meek will inherit So if you've got a coat of arms, oh friend I suggest we wear it CHORUS
GRANDE mellencamp!
AcertadÃsima canción para estos tiempos. Mellencamp simpre ha tenido una sensibilidad especial para estos temas. Saludos.
TEMAZO.
Una pena que no la tocase en London Town, ¿eh?
Saludos.
Mi cancion favorita de este disco ……. llámame rojillo 😉
No quiero tratar mucho sobre polà tica en este blog, pero ser venezolano en estos tiempos implica centrar la atención sobre los temas polà ticos de mi paà s.