Álbum Gideon de Kenny Rogers - Canciones

Gideon

1980 |

Estilo(s) | Country

Sello | United Artists Records

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Reseña

El disco Gideon, de 1980, es un ambicioso álbum conceptual que narra la historia de un vaquero de Texas llamado Gideon. En este trabajo, Kenny Rogers se sumerge de lleno en la narrativa, con todas las canciones escritas por el cantautor Kim Carnes. Por esta razón, es uno de sus proyectos más singulares y teatrales.

Así pues, el álbum funciona como la banda sonora de una película del oeste imaginaria. De hecho, las canciones cuentan la vida de Gideon, sus amores, sus errores y su redención. Por consiguiente, el disco debe ser escuchado como una obra completa para poder apreciar su hilo argumental.

Además, el álbum incluye el exitoso dueto "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer", cantado junto a la propia Kim Carnes. Este tema, una advertencia sobre los peligros de enamorarse de un soñador, se convirtió en un gran éxito y en una de las colaboraciones más recordadas de su carrera.

En definitiva, "Gideon" es un trabajo valiente y original, un álbum que demuestra la pasión de Kenny Rogers por la narración y su voluntad de explorar nuevos formatos más allá de la colección de canciones tradicional.

Listado de canciones del álbum Gideon

Intro: Goin´ Home To The Rock 0:40
Gideon TannerVer letra 2:34

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letra de Gideon Tanner
I've been riding all night just to get here

Don't you be throwing us out so soon

Across the whole damn South with cotton-mouth

Now we got some drinking to do.

We've been stuck on the range for 45 days

And that's a long long time

We ain't leaving this place 'til there's a smile on our face

And the whole room is a friend of mine.

So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down

And let's hear the jukebox roll

We've been living on bacon and beans

Playing the jacks and the queens.

But we still got some money to blow

And the times ain't wild enough

We dig our spurs in the make them jump

We're riding shotgun with the devil

We're the buckaroos.

My name is Gideon Tanner

I've been a man of good manners

I won't dance 'til the ladies ask me

I simply tip my hat, I smile and sit back

And then I wait for that friendly stampede.

I started dancing so tight that this girl turned white

I thought she must be passing away

I said: now don't let me down, 'Cause when I hit this town

I've got to live my whole life in a day.

So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down

And let's hear the jukebox roll

We've been living on bacon and beans

Playing the jacks and the queens...
No Good Texas RounderVer letra 4:11

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letra de No Good Texas Rounder
Excuse me, ma'am

I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening

There's a new band in town

I'd like to take her down to see 'em.

The fiddler player used to be my neighbor

And he never slept a day in his life

He plays the 'Strawberry Roan'

When he gets going he can play all night.

And her mama said:

He's a no good Texas cowboy, child

He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild

Then he'll leave you

He's a no good Texas rounder, girl

Got a one-track mind

And he ain't on true love and that's for sure

She said I've met his kind before

I've met your kind before.

Excuse me, ma'am

I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening

My intentions are good, I'm a man of honor

Please, ignore any rumors that have blackened my name

I'm just an innocent boy, How could I be to blame?

We'll be late for the show

And I took her hand and said let's go.

And her mama said:

He's a no good Texas cowboy, child

He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild

Then he'll leave you

He's a no good Texas rounder, girl

Got a one-track mind

And he ain't on true love and that's for sure

She said I've met his kind before

I've met your kind before.

Excuse me, ma'am

I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening

I think you know the band

I'd like to take her down to see 'em

I'd been led to understand the fiddler was your man

That's why he never slept a day in his life

He plays the 'Strawberry Roan'

Just to get you going then you play all night.

And the daughter said:

He was a no good Texas Texas cowboy, child

He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild

Then he'll leave you

He's a no good Texas rounder, girl

Got a one-track mind

And he ain't on true love and that's for sure

She said I've met his kind before

I've met your kind before...
Don´t Fall In Love With A Dreamer 3:39
Músicos invitados: Kim Carnes (Vocals [Duet With])
The Buckeroos 3:18
You Were A Good FriendVer letra 3:53

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letra de You Were A Good Friend
If I closed my eyes it didn't hurt quite so bad

'Cause tonight I've just lost the best friend I've ever had

You were a maverick running all away from New Orleans

We'd tell stories 'round the campfire late at night

When it was down to just you and me.

Good friend, why did you have to go?

Just when I was getting to know you

I'll sing this song to show

You were a good friend

They don't make 'em quite like you

And in my memory

You'll always be a good good friend to me.

You said I got a home, boy

Haven't seen it for so long

Said I'm going home, boy

My work is done

I can feel it in my bones.

Good friend, why did you have to go?

Just when I was getting to know you

I'll sing this song to show

You were a good friend

They don't make 'em quite like you

And in my memory

You'll always be a good good friend to me...
Call Me Up (The Phone Is In The Cradle)Ver letra 3:17

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letra de Call Me Up (The Phone Is In The Cradle)
Call me up.

My friends they don't talk much ‘bout the legend

My friends they don't talk much anyway

When they do, I know I better listen,

‘cos my good friends just naturally know

the right things to say, they say:

Call me up the phone is in the cradle,

get yourself a liver to my door,

but if you saw any plan and if you got the time,

we could talk the night away.

I don't got so lonely and I've gotta

He said: it's tough to be the only man alive,

he said: I'd give a river for just somebody to talk to

We're thinking in lighting out for biting,

we came strolling by, she said:

Call me up the phone ...

Now Rosy was a queen of the all night cowboy,

she said: Texas boy using kind of shy

Don't you expect the nimble's invitation,

just knock on the wall

Track down the hall and drop on by, she said:

Call me up ...
These ChainsVer letra 3:22

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letra de These Chains
These chains won't keep me from being a free man

Doing what I can to get out of here,

And these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom,

Changing my name and starting over again.

I was a fool for a good looking woman,

'til I found out the hard way, there was some out of me

Now what else could I do, how could any one blame me,

To stand in this smile and with a gun in his hands.

These chains won't keep me from being a free man

Doing what I can to get out of here,

and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom,

changing my name and starting over again.

She had a known reputation but I paid no attention,

good love and affection can make anything right

But judged no mercy for my infatuation,

She said: killers are sinned boys, you've gotta pay the price.

These chains won't keep me from being a free man

Doing what I can to get out of here,

and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom,

Changing my name and starting over again.

Down the hole there's a window

You can barely see thro' it

Deep in the night I see

The lights of town

And started me thinking that a mystical ladder

Is as high as these walls and I'm climbing it run by run.

These chains won't keep me from being a free man

Doing what I can to get out of here,

and these chains won't keep me from seeing my freedom,

Changing my name and starting over again...
Somebody Help MeVer letra 2:51

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letra de Somebody Help Me
Morning sunshine through the curtain

Throws a Rorschach on my wall

Waking up wide asleep

I try unraveling it all

By all rights I should be dead

From this bullet hole in my head

Oddly enough I seem to be alive

Greatly dismayed I discover

That the feel under the covers

With the red toe walks

Can possibly be mine.

Won't somebody help me?

You've got to help me

Because wine and too much wine

And a female friend of mine

Rode a Mustang through my mind last night.

It was a Saturday, I don't matter day

We were drinking at the old Red Log

And another and another

With my long lost brother

'Til the room began to fog

Then a fine looking woman walked by

Looked me in the eye

Heaved a sigh and took me by surprise

I said: 'sit down and take your place

Of my long lost brother ace'

Who had just caved in

And passed out on the floor.

Won't somebody help me?
One Place In The NightVer letra 2:59

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letra de One Place In The Night
Girl, don't wait up tonight

Don't live on the lie

´cos you'll be sleeping alone again

I know my intentions were the best

I had it all worked out you see

But you deserve a whole lot better than me.

You need a man whose heart

Is only one place in the night

Who'll stay right here

And just be satisfied

You need a man

Who won't disappoint you every time

I call and say my plans have changed

So don't wait up tonight.

Stop me now

I've gone and talked too much again

You know I do that now and then

So pay no attention to me

If I say your name a thousand times

Again and again

Just don't listen to me.

You need a man...
Sayin´ Goodbye 3:25
Requiem: Goin´ Home To Rock 0:58