Shot of Love es un álbum de Bob Dylan, publicado en 1981 por Columbia. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Shot of Love», «Heart of Mine», «Property of Jesus» y «Lenny Bruce».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Shot of Love cierra la trilogía góspel de Bob Dylan, y es el más diverso y orientado al rock de los tres. Aunque la temática cristiana sigue siendo central, Dylan comienza a reintroducir temas más ambiguos y personales. El disco se siente menos como un sermón y más como una lucha interna. La producción es más cruda y directa que la de sus dos predecesores, con una energía de rock de garaje en algunas pistas.
Sin embargo, el álbum contiene una de las joyas más preciadas de toda su carrera: la elegíaca "Every Grain of Sand". Esta canción, una meditación de inspiración blakeana sobre la fe y la duda, es considerada una de sus obras maestras. Aunque 'Shot of Love' es un álbum desigual en su conjunto, vale la pena solo por esa composición inmortal, que demuestra que su genio poético seguía intacto.
Listado de Canciones
- Shot of Love4:21
- Heart of Mine4:35
Letra
Heart of mine be still You can play with fire but you'll get the bill Don't let her know Don't let her know that you love her Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine. Heart of mine go back home You got no reason to wander, no reason to roam Don't let her see Don't let her see that you need her Don't put yourself over the line Heart of mine. Heart of mine go back where you have been It'll only be trouble for you if you let her in Don't let her hear Don't let her hear you want her Don't let her hear know she's so fine Heart of mine. Heart of mine you know that she'll never be true She'll only give to others the love that she's gotten from you Don't let her know Don't let her know where you're going Don't untie the ties that bind Heart of mine. Hear of mine so malicious and so full of guile Give you an inch and you'll take a mile Don't let yourself fall Don't let yourself stumble If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine. - Property of Jesus4:36
- Lenny Bruce4:35
- Watered-Down Love4:13
- The Groom's Still Waiting at theAltar4:04
- Dead Man, Dead Man4:03
Letra
Uttering idle words from a reprobate mind, Clinging to strange promises, dying on the vine, Never bein' able to separate the good from the bad, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, It's makin' me feel so bad. Dead man, dead man, When will you rise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust in your eyes. Satan got you by the heel, there's a bird's nest in your hair. Do you have any faith at all? Do you have any love to share? The way that you hold your head, cursin' God with every move, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, What are you tryin' to prove? Dead man, dead man, When will you rise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust in your eyes. The glamor ad the bright lights and the politics of sin, The ghetto you build for me is the one you end up in, The race of the engine that overrules your heart, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, Pretending that you're so smart. Dead man, dead man, When will you rise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust in your eyes. What are you tryin' to overpower me with, the doctrine or the gun? My back is already to the wall, where can I run? The tuxedo that you're wearin', the flower in your lapel, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, You want to take me down to hell. Dead man, dead man, When will you rise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust in your eyes. - In the Summertime3:36
Letra
I was in your presence for an hour or so Or was it a day? I truly don't know Where the sun never set, where the trees hung low By that soft and shining sea Did you respect me for what I did Or what I didn't do, or keeping it hid? Did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid Of everything you see? In the summertime, ah in the summertime In the summertime, when you were with me. I got the heart and you got the blood We cut through iron and we cut through mud Then came the warning that was before the flood That set everybody free Fools they made a mock of sin Our loyalty they tried to win But you were closer to me than my next of kin When they didn't want to know or see. In the summertime, ah in the summertime In the summertime, when you were with me. Strangers, they meddled in our affairs Poverty and shame were theirs But all that suffering was not to be compared With the glory that is to be And I'm still carrying the gift you gave It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved It'll go with me unto the grave And into eternity. In the summertime, ah in the summertime In the summertime, when you were with me. - Trouble4:37
- Every Grain of Sand6:11
Letra
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet floods every newborn seed There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere Toiling in the danger and the morals of despair Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer The sun beams down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I'll always hear my name Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand