Álbum Surprise de Paul Simon - Canciones
Surprise
2006 |
Estilo(s) | Folk Rock,Neofolk,Soft Rock
Sello | Warner Bros. Records
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Listado de canciones del álbum Surprise
- How Can You Live In The Northeast? 3:42
- Everything About It Is A Love SongVer letra 3:57
Músicos invitados: Bill Frisell (Electric Guitar)[X]Locked in a struggle for the right combination -letra de Everything About It Is A Love Song
Of words in a melody line,
I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination.
Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine.
But if I ever get back to the twentieth century,
Guess I'll have to pay off some debts.
Open the book of my vanishing memory,
With its catalogue of regrets.
Stand up for the deeds I did, and those I didn't do.
Sit down, shut up, think about God,
And wait for the hour of my rescue.
We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Early December, and brown as a sparrow,
Frost creeping over the pond.
I shoot a thought into the future,
And it flies like an arrow, through my liftime.
And beyond.
If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow,
Or even the wind-blown dust;
Find me on the ancient road
In the song when the wires are hushed.
Hurry on and remember me,
As I'll remember you.
Far above the golden clouds,
The darkness vibrates.
The earth is blue.
And everything about it is a love song.
Everything about it.
Everything about it is a love song.
Everything about it.
Everything about it is a love song. - OutrageousVer letra 3:24
Composición: Brian Eno[X]It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poorletra de Outrageous
Outrageous the crime some human beings must endure
It's a blessing to wash your face in the summer solstice rain
It's outrageous that a man like me stand here and complain
But I'm tired, 900 sit-ups a day
I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, OK?
I'm tired, tired, anybody care what I say? NO
Painting my hair the colour of mud
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Ah, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
It's outrageous the food they try to serve in the public school
Outrageous the way they talk to you like some kind of clinical fool
It's a blessing to rest my head in the circle of your love
It's outrageous, I can't stop thinking about the things I'm thinking of
But I'm tired, 900 sit-ups a day
I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, OK?
I'm tired, tired, anybody care what I say? NO
Painting my hair the colour of mud
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Ah, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
God will, like he waters the flowers on the window sill
Take me, I'm an ordinary player in the key of C
And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
God will, like he waters the flowers on the window sill
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone? - Sure Don't Feel Like Love 3:57
- Wartime PrayersVer letra 4:49
Músicos invitados: The Jessy Dixon Singers (Choir), Gil Goldstein (Keyboards), Herbie Hancock (Piano)[X]Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,letra de Wartime Prayers
Appeals for love or loves release, in private invocations.
But all that is changed now,
Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
People hungry for the voice of God
Hear lunatics and liars
Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
In every language spoken,
For every family scattered and broken.
Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genious marketing plan.
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I feel.
Times are hard, hard times,
But everybody knows all about hard times.
The thing is, what are you gonna do?
Will you cry?
And try to muscle through?
And try to rearrange your stuff?
But when the wounds are deep enough,
And it's all that we can bear,
We wrap ourselves in prayer.
Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genious marketing plan.
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.
A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
And draws her babies closer.
With hush-a-bies for sleepy eyes,
And kisses on the shoulder.
To drive away despair
She sends a wartime prayer. - BeautifulVer letra 3:07
[X]Snowman sittin' in the sunletra de Beautiful
Doesn't have time to waste.
He had a little bit too much fun,
Now his head's erased.
Back in the house,
Family of three:
Two doin' the laundry
And one in the nursery.
We brought brand new baby
Back from Bangladesh,
Thought we'd name her Emily.
She's beautiful, beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful.
Yes sir, head's erased,
Brain's a bowl of jelly.
Hasn't hurt his sense of taste,
Judging from his belly.
But back in the house,
Family of four now:
Two doing the laundry,
And two on the kitchen floor.
We brought a brand new baby back
From mainland China,
Sailed across the China Sea.
She's beautiful, beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful.
Go-kart sittin' in the shade:
You don't need a ticket to ride,
It's summertime, summertime,
Slip down a water slide.
Little kid dancin' in the grass,
Legs like rubber band.
It's summertime, summertime.
There's a line at the candy stand.
Keep and eye on them children,
Eye on them children in the pool.
You'd better,
Keep and eye on them children,
Eye on them children in the pool.
We brought a brand new baby
Back from Kosovo.
That was nearly seven years ago.
He cried all night.
Could not sleep.
His eyes were bright,
Dark and deep.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. - I Don't Believe 4:09
Músicos invitados: Gil Goldstein (Harmonium) - Another GalaxyVer letra 5:22
Composición: Brian Eno[X]On the morning of her wedding dayletra de Another Galaxy
When no one was awake
She drove across the border
Leaving all the yellow roses on her wedding cake
Her mother's tears, her breakfast order
She's gone, gone, gone
There is a moment, a chip in time
When leaving home is the lesser crime
When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see
Another life, another galaxy
That night her dreams are storm-tossed as a willow
She hears the clouds
She sees the eye of a hurricane
As it sweeps across her island pillow
But she's gone, gone, gone
There is a moment, a chip in time
When leaving home is the lesser crime
When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see
Another life, another galaxy - Once Upon A Time There Was An OceanVer letra 3:55
Composición: Brian EnoMúsicos invitados: Jamey Haddad (Percussion)[X]Once upon a time there was an oceanletra de Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean
But now it's a mountain range
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sittin'
And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quittin'
I think about quittin' every day of the week
When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak
Outta here
How am I gonna get outta here?
I'm thinking outta here
When am I gonna get outta here?
And when will I cash in my lottery ticket
And bury my past with my burdens and strife?
I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden
And make every love the love of my life
I figure that once upon a time I was an ocean
But now I'm a mountain range
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge
Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge
But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift
I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift
Home again?
Naw, never going home again
Think about home again?
I never think about home
But then comes a letter from home
The handwriting's fragile and strange
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red
And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by haloes of golden thread
The choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"
And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion
As nothing is different, but everything's changed - That's Me 4:42
- Father And DaughterVer letra 4:11
Músicos invitados: Vincent Nguini (Rhythm Guitar), Adrian Simon (Vocals [Additional])[X]If you leap awake in the mirror of a bad dreamletra de Father And Daughter
And for a fraction of a second you can't remember where you are
Just open your window and follow your memory upstream
To the meadow in the mountain where we counted every falling star
I believe a light that shines on you will shine on you forever
And though I can't guarantee there's nothing scary hiding under your bed
I'm gonna stand guard like a postcard of a Golden Retriever
And never leave 'til I leave you with a sweet dream in your head
[Chorus:]
I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you
Trust your intuition
It's just like goin' fishin'
You cast your line and hope you get a bite
But you don't need to waste your time
Worryin' about the market place
Try to help the human race
Struggling to survive its harshest night
[Chorus 2x]