Of die precies beschrijven wat ik niet onder woorden kan brengen.
Dat lukt niet altijd, maar 9 van de 10 x lukt het me wel.
Nu was ik op het moment niet direct op zoek naar dit nummer, waar deze blog over gaat, maar op zoek naar de nieuwe CD van Nils Lofgren (Nils sings Neal, met covers van Neal Young nummers), kwam ik Little Steven tegen.
Waarom ik hem niet ben gaan herontdekken na dat fantastische Bruce Springsteen concert van deze zomer, da's me een raadsel, maar goed, nu was hij daar ineens weer.
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, .......dat moet al zoziezo meedingen naar de titel "Meest Gave & Coole Bandnaam Ever".
2 singles bezit ik nog steeds van deze man. Bitter Fruit en Forever.
Ze liggen ergens boven op zolder.
En zijn project Artists Against Apartheid leverde een LP op die ik ook nog heb.
De man heeft een paar prachtige nummers geschreven, maar is hier toch vooral bekend gebleven als "de gitarist van Bruce Springsteen".
Het nummer waar ik van vond dat het naadloos op mij, zoals ik nu denk en voel, aansloot was Forever, en de tekst heb ik hieronder bijgevoegd.
Het nummer kun je hier en hier (de laatste is slechter, maar de originele clip) op YouTube bewonderen.
FOREVER
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
I learned when I was a young boy
You turn your cheek you get slapped
I take the punches I can't slip
And I give it right back
Even if I win girl, you know it really won't mean too much
What I want baby most of all is the only thing I can't touch
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Just because I'm so quiet
Just because I don't cry
The hardest lesson to learn girl
Is how to take it inside
There's leather and jewels to soothe me
But it really isn't what I need
There's an aching hurt inside of me
And it's the kind of thing you don't see
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Now the years are unwinding
But I still feel the hurt
I've been fighting my whole life
For the privilege to work
Now I've stopped and looked around me
There's nobody left to blame
If I don't have you to hold me girl
All of my work's in vain
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
I learned when I was a young boy
You turn your cheek you get slapped
I take the punches I can't slip
And I give it right back
Even if I win girl, you know it really won't mean too much
What I want baby most of all is the only thing I can't touch
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Just because I'm so quiet
Just because I don't cry
The hardest lesson to learn girl
Is how to take it inside
There's leather and jewels to soothe me
But it really isn't what I need
There's an aching hurt inside of me
And it's the kind of thing you don't see
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Now the years are unwinding
But I still feel the hurt
I've been fighting my whole life
For the privilege to work
Now I've stopped and looked around me
There's nobody left to blame
If I don't have you to hold me girl
All of my work's in vain
If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Greetz,
Harrie
1 opmerking:
Jaaah Little Steven, prachtige muzikant! Leuk dat je hem hebt herontdekt!!
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