sábado, 15 de junho de 2019

DYLAN 1975 : SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE / LOVE MINUS ZERO


Simple Twist of Fate (Live at Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA - November 1975)



They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark
Tingle to his bones
'Twas then he felt alone
And wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel
With a neon burnin' bright
He felt the heat of the night
Hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate
A saxophone someplace far-off played
As she was walkin' on by the arcade
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
Where he was waking up
She dropped a coin into the cup
Of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
He woke up, the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere
He told himself he didn't care
Pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside
To which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
Where the sailors all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out again
How long must he wait?
One more time, for a simple twist of fate
People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin
But I lost the ring
She was born in spring
But I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Simple Twist of Fate lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Audiam, Inc




Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Live at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec - December 1975)




My love, she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
And make promises by the hour
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love, she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all
The cloak and dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of matchsticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge
The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night wind blows cold n' rainy
My love, she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing

Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Love Minus Zero/No Limit lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Audiam, Inc


As duas canções aqui registadas são, talvez, das melhores que Bob Dylan jamais compôs. 

As letras fazem parte do desiderato ideológico-emotivo dos anos sessenta... mas são imediatamente inteligíveis pelas gerações posteriores! 


1 comentário:

Manuel Baptista disse...

Uma exposição em Xangai dedicada a Bob Dylan: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/11/videos/bob-dylans-art-dazzles-shanghai/