NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU DOWN AND OUT (OTIS REDDING)

Este blues foi primeiro cantado por Bessie Smith e, depois, por muitos dos grandes da música popular negra nos EUA (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, etc) .

Dedico esta canção aos colegas de há 60 anos: Rapazes e raparigas, dançávamos ao som destas músicas, às vezes sem compreender o sentido profundo das letras.  Mas, afinal, elas faziam parte do espírito da época. 

Eu não esqueci nunca. E vocês?

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU DOWN AND OUT (OTIS REDDING)

Once I lived the life of a millionaire

People spending my money Lord, and I just didn't care, now lord Takin' my friend out, tryin' to have a good time They drank that strong bootleg liquor And that good old champagne and wine Well, lord, just as soon as my money got so low I couldn't find my friends, lord And I just didn't have no place to go now, no no But if I ever And if I ever get my hands on them green dollars again, yeah I'm gonna hold on 'til that big eagle grin, lord now I'm trying to tell y'all that nobody wants you People, nobody wants you, no When you're down and out, now-now lord Because in your pocket, no, there is not one penny And all of them so-called friends I'm trying to tell, y'all that you haven't got any but, yeah And just as soon as you get back on your feet again People, I'm tryin' to tell you that here they come Tellin' you all, they're your long lost friend Oh, but I'm tryin' to tell everybody, lord, without a doubt That nobody wants you Nobody wants you, no, no Nobody wants you, no Nobody needs you Nobody wants you when you're down and out, lord And nobody says a good thing about you And nobody can tell you when to turn and when to go But, but when you get back on your feet again Then everybody come tell you that here they come Try to tell you all, they're your long lost friend