Canção do dia

Drunken Angel
De Lucinda Williams

(A canção foi composta por Lucinda em homenagem à memória de Blaze Foley, cantor de Austin, Texas, amigo de Townes Van Zandt, assassinado em 1989, aos 39 anos durante uma discussão com o filho de um amigo. Blaze Foley compôs "If I Could Only Fly", gravada por Merle Haggard e Willie Nelson e deixou uma única gravação, o álbum "Live At The Austin Outhouse", disponível na amazon.com

Sun came up, it was another day.
When the sun went you were blown away.
Why'd you let go of your guitar?
Why'd you ever let it go that far,
Drunken angel?

Coulda held on to that long smooth neck.
Let your hand remember every fret.
Fingers touching each shiny string.
But you let go of everything,
Drunken angel.

Drunken angel, you're on the other side.
Drunken angel, you're on the other side.

Followers would cling to you,
Hang around just to meet you.
Some threw roses at your feet,
Watched you pass, out on the street,
Drunken angel.

Feed you, and pay off all your debts,
Kiss your brow, taste your sweat.
Write about your soul, your guts.
Critisize you and wish you luck,
Drunken angel.

Drunken angel, you're on the other side.
Drunken angel, you're on the other side.

Some kind of saviour, singing the blues,
A derelict in your duct tape shoes.
Your orphan clothes and your long dark hair,
Looking like you didn't care,
Drunken angel.

Blood spilled out from the hole in your heart,
Over the strings of your guitar.
Worn down places in the wood,
The ones that made you feel so good,
Drunken angel.

Drunken angel, you're on the other side.
Drunken angel, you're on the other side.

Sun came up, it was another day.
When the sun went you were blown away.
Why'd you let go of your guitar?
Why'd you ever let it go that far,
Drunken angel?

Drunken angel.


Do álbum de Lucinda Williams
"Car Wheels On a Gravel Road"