Álbum The Rhythm Of The Saints de Paul Simon - Canciones

The Rhythm Of The Saints

1990 |

Estilo(s) | Folk Rock,Pop Rock

Sello | Warner Bros. Records

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Listado de canciones del álbum The Rhythm Of The Saints

The Obvious ChildVer letra 4:10

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I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite

I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

I don't expect to sleep through the night

Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie

But I say why

Why deny the obvious child?

Why deny the obvious child?

And in remembering a road sign

I am remembering a girl when I was young

And we said These songs are true

These days are ours

These tears are free

And hey

The cross is in the ballpark

The cross is in the ballpark

We had a lot of fun

We had a lot of money

We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny

Sonny gets married and moves away

Sonny has a baby and bills to pay

Sonny gets sunnier

Day by day by day by day

I've been waking up at sunrise

I've been following the light across my room

I watch the night receive the room of my day

Some people say the sky is just the sky

But I say

Why deny the obvious child?

Why deny the obvious child?

Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself

How it's strange that some rooms are like cages

Sonny's yearbook from high school

Is down from the shelf

And he idly thumbs through the pages

Some have died

Some have fled from themselves

Or struggled from here to get there

Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls

Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair

Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride

Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite

I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

I don't expect to sleep the night

Some people say a lie is just a lie

But I say the cross is in the ballpark

Why deny the obvious child?
Músicos invitados: Kim Wilson (Harmonica), Michael Brecker (Synthesizer)
Can't Run But 3:37
Músicos invitados: Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Steve Gadd (Drums), J.J. Cale (Guitar), Uakti (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas), Mazzola (Performer [Chicote]), Paulo Santos (Performer [Chicote]), Remy Kabocka (Talking Drum)
The CoastVer letra 5:00

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A family of musicians took shelter for the night

In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia

Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine

Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea

This is a lonely life

Sorrows everywhere you turn

Afd that's worth something

When you think about it

That's worth some money

That's worth something

When you think about it

That is worth some money

A trip to the market

A trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight

That settles over Washington

A trip to the market

A trip around the world

Where the evening meal

Is negotiable, if there is one.

This is a lonely-lone, lonely life

Sorrows everywhere you turn

And that's worth something

When you think about it

That's worth some money

That's worth something

When you think about it

That is worth some money

To prove that I love you

Because I believe in you

Summer skies, stars are falling

All along the injured coast

If I have money

If I have children

Summer skies, stars are falling

All along the injured coast

Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah

Summer skies and stars are falling

All along the injured coast

Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah

Summer skies and the stars are falling

All along the injured coast

We are standing in the sunlight

The early morning sunlight

In the harbor church of St. Cecilia

To praise a soul's returning to the earth

To the rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea

To prove that I love you

Because I believe in you

Summer skies, stars are falling

All along the injured coast

If I have money

If I have children

Summer skies, stars are falling

All along the injured coast

If I have weaknesses

Don't let them blind me now

Summer skies, stars are falling

All along the injured coast

Oo-wah Oo-wah

Doo Wop a Doo Wah

Summer skies, stars are falling

Leaving the shadow of the valley behind me now

All along the injured coast

Ooh-wah Oow-wah

Doo Wop a Doo Wah

Summer skies and stars are falling

All along the injured coast

Ooh-wah Ooh-wah

Doo Wop a Doo Wah
Músicos invitados: Karen Bernod (Backing Vocals), Kia Jeffries (Backing Vocals), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Backing Vocals), Myrna Lynn Gomila (Backing Vocals), Bakithi Kumalo (Bass), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas), Charles Doherty (Saxophone [Alto]), Jude Bethel (Saxophone [Tenor]), Greg Phillinganes (Synthesizer), Michael Brecker (Synthesizer), Clifton Anderson (Trombone), Clyde Mitchell (Trumpet), Errol Ince (Trumpet)
ProofVer letra 4:39

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Soon our fortunes will be made, my darling

And we will leave this loathsome little town

Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby

Silver foil to trim your wedding gown

It's true the tools of love wear down

Time passes

A mid wanders

It seems mindless, but it does

Sometimes I see you face

As if through reading glasses

And your smile seems softer than it was

Proof

Some people gonna call you up

Tell you something that you already know

Proof

Sane people go crazy on you

Say ''No man, that was not

The deal we made

I got to go, I got to go''

Faith

Faith is an island in the setting sun

But proof, yes

Proof is the bottom line for everyone

My face, my race

Don't matter anymore

My sex, my cheques

Accepted at the door

Proof

Some people gonna call you up

Tell you something that you already know

Proof

Sane people go crazy on you

Say ''No man, that was not

The deal we made

I got to, I got to go''

Faith

Faith is an island in the setting sun

But proof, yes

Proof is the bottom line for everyone

Half moon hiding in the clouds, my darling

And the sky is flecked with signs of hope

Raise your weary wings against the rain, my baby

Wash your tangled curls with gambler's soap

Proof

Some people gonna call you up

Tell you something that you already know

Sane people go crazy on you

Say ''No man, that was not

The deal we made

I got to, I got to, I got to''

Faith

Faith is an island in the setting sun

But proof, yes

Proof is the bottom line for everyone
Músicos invitados: Jimmy McDonald (Accordion), Briz (Backing Vocals), Charlotte Mbango (Backing Vocals), Djana'd (Backing Vocals), Elolongue Mbango Catherine (Backing Vocals), Florence Gnimagnon (Backing Vocals), André Manga (Bass), Bakithi Kumalo (Bass), Dom Chacal (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Congas), Dom Chacal (Bata), Dom Chacal (Percussion [Gourd]), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Sidinho Moreira (Congas), Sidinho Moreira (Performer [Water Bowl]), Sidinho Moreira (Bongos), Sidinho Moreira (Bass Drum), Sidinho Moreira (Percussion [Bottles]), Sidinho Moreira (Tambourine), Steve Gadd (Drums), Georges Seba (Electric Guitar), Martin Atangana (Electric Guitar), Ya Yo De La Nelson (Performer [Chakeire]), Alain Hatot (Saxophone), Justin Tchounou (Synthesizer), Jacques Bolognesi (Trombone), Philippe Slominski (Trumpet)
Further To FlyVer letra 5:33

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There may come a time

When you'll be tired

As tired as a dream that wants to die

And further to fly

Further to fly

Further to fly

Further to fly

Maybe you will find a love

That you discover accidentally

Who falls against you gently

As a pickpocket

Brushes your thigh

Further to fly

Effortless music from the Cameroons

The spinning darkness of her hair

A conversation in a crowded room going nowhere

The open palm of desire

Wants everything

It wants everything

It wants everything

Sometimes I'll be walking down

The street and I'll be thinking

Am I crazy

Or is this some morbid little lie

Further to fly

Further to fly

Further to fly

A recent loss of memory

A shadow in the family

The baby waves bye-bye

I'm trying, I'm flying

There may come a time

When I will lose you

Lose you as I lose my light

Days falling backward into velvet night

The open palm of desire

Wants everything

It wants everything

It wants soil as soft as summer

And the strength to push like spring

A broken laugh a broken fever

Take it up with the great deceiver

Who looks you in the eye

And says baby don't cry

Further to fly

There may come a time

When I will lose you

Lose you as I lose my sight

Days falling backward into velvet night

The open palm of desire

The rose of Jericho

Soal as soft as summer

The strength to let you go
Músicos invitados: Dom Chacal (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Congas), Dom Chacal (Bata), Dom Chacal (Percussion [Gourd]), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Sidinho Moreira (Congas), Sidinho Moreira (Performer [Water Bowl]), Sidinho Moreira (Bongos), Sidinho Moreira (Bass Drum), Sidinho Moreira (Percussion [Bottles]), Sidinho Moreira (Tambourine), Dave Bargeron (Euphonium), Hugh Masekela (Flugelhorn), Raphael Rabello (Guitar), Rigo Star (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Armando Marçal (Percussion), Beloba (Percussion), Jorginho (Percussion), Luna (11) (Percussion), Pedro Santos (Percussion), Wilson Canegal (Percussion), Wilson Das Neves (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas), Greg Phillinganes (Synthesizer), Michael Brecker (Synthesizer), Randy Brecker (Trumpet)
She Moves OnVer letra 5:02

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I feel good

It's a fine day

The way the sun hits off the runway

A cloud shifts

The plane lifts

She moves on

But feel the bite

Whenever you believe that

You'll be lost and love will find you

When the road bends

And the song ends

She moves on

I know the reason I

Feel so blessed

My heart still splashes

Inside my chest, but she

She is like a top

She cannot stop

She moves on

A sympathetic stranger

Lights a candle in the middle of the night

Her voice cracks

She jumps back

But she moves on

She says "Ooh my storybook lover

You have underestimated my power

As you shortly will discover"

The I fall to my knees

Shake a rattle at the skies

I'm afraid that I'll be taken

Abandoned, forsaken

In her cold coffee eyes

She can't sleep now

The moon is red

She fights a fever

She burns in bed

She needs to talk so

We take a walk

Down in the maroon light

She says "Maybe these emotions are

As near to love as love will ever be"

So I agree

Then the moon breaks

She takes the corner that's all she takes

She moves on

She says "Ooh my storybook lover

You have underestimated my power

As you shortly will discover"

Then I fall to my knees

I grow weak, I go slack

As if she captured the breath of my

voice in a bottle

And I can't catch it back

But I feel good

It's a fine day

The way the sun hits off the runway

A cloud shifts

The plane lifts

She moves on
Músicos invitados: Charlotte Mbango (Backing Vocals), Djana'd (Backing Vocals), Elolongue Mbango Catherine (Backing Vocals), Florence Gnimagnon (Backing Vocals), Armand Sabal-Lecco (Bass), Dom Chacal (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Congas), Dom Chacal (Bata), Dom Chacal (Percussion [Gourd]), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Sidinho Moreira (Congas), Sidinho Moreira (Performer [Water Bowl]), Sidinho Moreira (Bongos), Sidinho Moreira (Bass Drum), Sidinho Moreira (Percussion [Bottles]), Sidinho Moreira (Tambourine), Wilson Das Neves (Cowbell), Ray Phiri (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Pedro Santos (Scraper), Gordinho (Surdo), Randy Brecker (Trumpet)
Born At The Right TimeVer letra 3:48

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Down among the reeds and rushes

A baby boy was found

His eyes as clear as centuries

His silky hair was brown

Never been lonely

Never been lied to

Never had to scuffle in fear

Nothing denied to

Born at the instant

The church bells chime

And the whole world whispering

Born at the right time

Me and my buddies we are travelling people

We like to go down to restaurant row

Spend those Euro-dollars

All the way from Washington to Tokyo

I see them in the airport lounge

Upon their mother's breast

They follow me with open eyes

Their uninvited guest

Never been lonely

Never been lied to

Never had to scuffle in fear

Nothing denied to

Born at the instant

The church bells chime

And the whole world whispering

Born at the right time

Too many people on the bus from the airport

Too many holes in the crust of the earth

The planet groans

Every time it registers another birth

But down among the reeds and rushes

A baby girl was found

Her eyes as clear as centuries

Her silky hair was brown

Never been lonely

Never been lied to

Never had to scuffle in fear

Nothing denied to

Born at the instant

The church bells chime

And the whole world whispering

Born at the right time
Músicos invitados: C.J. Chenier (Accordion), Charlotte Mbango (Backing Vocals), Djana'd (Backing Vocals), Elolongue Mbango Catherine (Backing Vocals), Florence Gnimagnon (Backing Vocals), Armand Sabal-Lecco (Bass), Bakithi Kumalo (Bass), Dom Chacal (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Congas), Dom Chacal (Bata), Dom Chacal (Percussion [Gourd]), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Sidinho Moreira (Congas), Sidinho Moreira (Performer [Water Bowl]), Sidinho Moreira (Bongos), Sidinho Moreira (Bass Drum), Sidinho Moreira (Percussion [Bottles]), Sidinho Moreira (Tambourine), Felix Sabal-Lecco (Drums), J.J. Cale (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Ya Yo De La Nelson (Performer [Chakeire])
Cool, Cool River 4:33
Músicos invitados: Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Okyerema Asante (Drums [Box Drum]), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Uakti (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas), Ya Yo De La Nelson (Performer [Chakeire]), Charles Doherty (Saxophone [Tenor]), Greg Phillinganes (Synthesizer), Michael Brecker (Synthesizer), Clifton Anderson (Trombone), Clyde Mitchell (Trumpet), Errol Ince (Trumpet)
Spirit VoicesVer letra 3:54

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We sailed up a river wide as a sea

And slept on the banks

On the leaves of a banyan tree

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

Some stories are magical, meant to be sung

Song from the mouth of the river

When the world was young

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

By moon

We walk

To the brujo's door

Along a path of river stone

Women with their nursing children

Seated on the floor

We join the fevers

And the broken bones

The candlelight flickers

The falcon calls

A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall

And all of these spirit voices

Sing rainwater, sea water

River water, holy water

Wrap this child in mercy - heal her

Heaven's only daughter

All of these spirit voices rule the night

My hands were numb

My feet were lead

I drank a cup of herbal brew

Then the sweetness in the air

Combined with the lightness in my head

And I heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo

Saudac~oes (Greetings!)

D'a lic'enca um momento (Excuse me, one moment)

Te lembr'o (I remind you)

Que amanh~a (That tomorrow)

Ser'a tudo ou ser'a naoa (It will be all or it will)

(be nothing)

Depende, cora,c~ao (It depends, heart)

Ser'a breve ou ser'a grande (It will be brief or it will)

(be great)

Depende da paix~ao (It depends on the passion)

Ser'a sujo, ser'a sonho (It will be dirty, it will)

(be a dream)

Cuidado, cora,c~ao (Be careful, heart)

Ser'a 'util, ser'a tarde (It will be useful, it will be)

(late)

Se esmera, cora,c~ao (Do your best, heart)

E confia (And have trust)

Na for,ca do amanh~a (In the power of tomorrow)

Lord of the earthquake

My trembling bed

The spider resumes the rhythm

Of his golden thread

And all of these spirit voices rule the night
Letras: Milton NascimentoMúsicos invitados: Armand Sabal-Lecco (Bass), Bakithi Kumalo (Bass), Anthony Carillo (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Bongos), Dom Chacal (Congas), Dom Chacal (Bata), Dom Chacal (Percussion [Gourd]), Francisco Aguabella (Congas), Giovanni Hidalgo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Congas), Mingo Araújo (Castanets [Casinet]), Mingo Araújo (Triangle), Mingo Araújo (Bells [African]), Mingo Araújo (Shaker), Mingo Araújo (Talking Drum), Mingo Araújo (Cymbal), Mingo Araújo (Bass Drum), Mingo Araújo (Bells [Go Go]), Mingo Araújo (Percussion), Sidinho Moreira (Congas), Sidinho Moreira (Performer [Water Bowl]), Sidinho Moreira (Bongos), Sidinho Moreira (Bass Drum), Sidinho Moreira (Percussion [Bottles]), Sidinho Moreira (Tambourine), Adrian Belew (Guitar [Synthesizer]), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas), Milton Nascimento (Vocals)
The Rhythm Of The SaintsVer letra 4:13

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If I have weaknesses

Don't let them blind me

Or camouflage all I am wary of

I could be sailing in seizures of laughter

Or crawling out from under the heel of love

Do my prayers remain unanswered

Like a beggar at your sleeve

Olodumare is smiling in heaven

Smiling in heaven I do believe

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark

To overcome an obstacle or an enemy

To glide away from the razor or a knife

To overcome an obstacle or an enemy

To dominate the impossible in your life

Always a stranger when strange isn't fashionable

And fashion is rich people waving at the door

Or it's a dealer in drugs or in passion

Lies of a nature we've heard before

Do my prayers remain unanswered

Like a beggar at your sleeve

Balalu-aye spins on his crutches

Says leave if you want

If you want to leave

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark

A reach in the darkness

Reach in the dark

To overcome an obstacle or an enemy

To glide away from the razor or a knife

To overcome an obstacle or an enemy

To dominate the impossible in your life

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark

To overcome an obstacle or an enemy

To dominate the impossible in your life

Reach in the darkness

A reach in the dark
Músicos invitados: Joao Severo Da Silva (Accordion), Armand Sabal-Lecco (Bass), Armando Macedo (Guitar), Kofi Electrik (Guitar), Tommy Bilson-Ogoe (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Guitar), Vincent Nguini (Bass), Vincent Nguini (Clavinet), Uakti (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion [Gourd]), Naná Vasconcelos (Vocals), Naná Vasconcelos (Percussion), Naná Vasconcelos (Berimbau), Naná Vasconcelos (Triangle), Naná Vasconcelos (Congas)