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  THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC AND SONGS

EL PODER CURADOR DE LA MÚSICA Y DE LAS CANCIONES

My favourite music and songs.
 
Mi música y mis canciones  preferidas.


I Drove all night
Cyndi lauper(Español)
 cyndi-lauper(English)

I had to escape

The city was sticky and cruel
Maybe I should have called you first
But I was dying to get to you
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead, uh, huh
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that alright
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
Is that alright




I drove all night
What in this world
Keep us from tearing apart
No matter where I go I hear
The beating of your heart
I think about you
When the night is cold and dark
No one can move me
The way that you do
Nothing erases the feeling between me and you
I drove all night to get to you
Is that alright
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
Is that alright
I drove all night
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that alright
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
I drove all night... to hold you tight.

Destination Ailleurs

yannick-noah (Francais)

On laisse nos chaussures au placard
et on prend la guitare
un cd de Marley
on laisse les enfants aux parents
on prendra tout notre temps
je te garde pour moi

de Paris ou d'ailleurs
si tu me suis
on prendra le meilleur
tout est permis
et si ca nous va bien
on ira encore plus loin

destination ailleurs
destination... ailleurs

on peut fermer un peu la porte
oublier un peu les autres
la voiture et la ville
on pourait couper la télé
nos deux portable et s'en aller
toi et moi pour une fois

de Paris ou d'ailleurs
si tu me suis
on prendra le meilleur
tout est permis
et si ca nous va bien
on ira encore plus loin

destination ailleurs
destination... ailleurs

on peut faire une pause dans nos vie
c'est peut etre pas mal aussi

de Paris ou d'ailleurs
si tu me suis
on prendra le meilleur
tout es permis
et si ca nous va bien
on ira encore plus loin

destination

destination ailleurs
si tu veux bien
un mois, un jour, une heure
on en sait rien
on en sait rien
suis moi

de Paris ou d'ailleurs
si tu me suis
on prendra le meilleur
tout est permis
tout est permis

destination ... ailleurs

Tiken Jah Fakoly: Africa (Español)

Is It Because I'm Black

The dark brown shades of my skin only add color to my tears.
That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul.
Looking back over my past dreams that I once knew.
Wondering why my dreams never came true.
Somebody, tell me, what can I do?
Something is holding me back
Is it because I'm black?
In this world of no pity I was raised in the ghetto of the city
Momma she worked so hard to earn every penny

Something is holding me back
Is it because I'm black?
Is it because I'm black?
Something is holding me back
Is it because I'm black?

Tell me, it's because of my color?
Something is holding me back
Like a child steeling his first piece of candy
That cost...
Even in my corner somewhere I got lost
Something is holding me back.
Is it because I'm black?
(I want to know, I want to know)

Something is holding me back.
Is it because I'm black?
(Tell me! Can't you see?!)
Somebody, please, tell me
Is it because I'm black?
(Is it because of my color?) 

Viens voir 

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Bamako, Abidjan, ou Dakar.
Sierra Leone, Namibie, Kenya.
Viens voir.

Mon Afrique n'est pas ce qu'on te fait croire.
Pourquoi toujours les mêmes visages ?
Pourquoi toujours les mêmes commentaires ?
Pourquoi toujours les mêmes reportages ?

A les écouter, mon Afrique ne serait que sécheresses et famines.
Quand on les écoute, mon Afrique ne serait que combats et champs de mines.
Viens soir.

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Mon Afrique n'est pas ce qu'on te fait croire.
Pas un mot sur l'histoire de ce continent,
Sur les civilisations et les richesses d'Antan.
Aucun mot sur le sens des valeurs.
Des gens qui t'accueillent,
La main sur le coeur.
Viens voir.

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Mon Afrique n'est pas ce qu'on te faire croire.
Africa n'est pas ce qu'on te faire croire.
Viens dans nos familles, viens dans nos villages.
u sauras ce qu'est l'hospitalité,
La chaleur, le sourire, la générosité.
Viens voir ceux qui n'ont rien.
Regarde comme il savent donner.

Et tu repartiras riche,
Et tu ne pourras pas oublier.
Viens voir.

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Viens voir, viens voir,
Viens voir, viens voir,
Toi qui parles sans savoir.

Africain à Paris

Maman je pense à toi, je t'écris
D'un trois étoiles à Cachan.
Tu vois faut pas que tu trembles ici
J'ai un toit et un peu d'argent.
On vit là tous ensemble, on survit
On n'y manque presque de rien.
C'est pas l'enfer ni le paradis
D'être un Africain à Paris.

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Sais-tu qu'ils nous ont promis des places
Mais c'est par la voie des airs
Elles ne sont pas en première classe
C'est un oiseau nommé charter
En attendant que l'oiseau s'envole
Des mains noires aux doigts de fée
Font tourner autour des casseroles
Un soleil au goût de mafé

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Et du dimanche au dimanche aussi
Je ne fais que travailler
Tu vois j'en ai de la chance ici
J'aurais bientôt mes papiers
Maman, j'sais que tu as l'habitude
De trop vite t'affoler
Surtout n'aie pas d'inquiétudes
Si un hôtel a brûlé

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Oh oh
Un peu en exil
Etranger dans votre ville
Je suis africain à Paris

Arauco Tiene Una Pena
Violeta Parra
Violeta Parra
V. Parra (English)
Arauco tiene una pena
Que no la puedo callar,
Son injusticias de siglos
Que todos ven aplicar,
Nadie le ha puesto remedio
Pudiéndolo remediar.
Levántate, huenchullán.

Un día llega de lejos
Huescufe conquistador,
Buscando montañas de oro,
Que el indio nunca buscó,
Al indio le basta el oro
Que le relumbra del sol.
Levántate, curimón. .

Entonces corre la sangre,
No sabe el indio qué hacer,
Le van a quitar su tierra,
La tiene que defender,
El indio se cae muerto,
Y el afuerino de pie.
Levántate, manquilef

Adónde se fue lautaro
Perdido en el cielo azul,
Y el alma de galvarino
Se la llevó el viento sur,
Por eso pasan llorando
Los cueros de su kultrún.
Levántate, pues, callfull.

Del año mil cuatrocientos
Que el indio afligido está,
A la sombra de su ruca
Lo pueden ver lloriquear,
Totora de cinco siglos
Nunca se habrá de secar.
Levántate, callupán.

Arauco tiene una pena
Más negra que su chamal,
Ya no son los españoles
Los que les hacen llorar,
Hoy son los propios chilenos
Los que les quitan su pan.
Levántate, pailahuán.

Ya rugen las votaciones,
Se escuchan por no dejar,
Pero el quejido del indio
¿por qué no se escuchará?
Aunque resuene en la tumba
La voz de caupolicán,
Levántate, huenchullán.

Sunny
Sunny/take the heat of me.(1966-1976).Bobby Hebb. 
(Bobby Hebb compuso esta canción como un canto a la esperanza. El día 22 de nov. de 1963, día del asesinato de Kennedy, también  su hermano moría de una puñalada esa misma noche.).

Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain
Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain
Now, the dark days are gone, and the bright days are here
My Sunny one shines so sincere
Sunny, one so true, I love you

Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet
Sunny, thank you for the love you've brought my way
You gave to me your all and all
And now I feel ten feet tall
Sunny, one so true, I love you

Sunny, thank you for the truth you've let me see
Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z
My life was torn like windblown sand,
Then a rock was formed when we held hands
Sunny, one so true, I love you

Sunny, thank you for that smile upon your face
Sunny, thank you, thank you for that
gleam that flows with grace
You're my spark of nature's fire
You're my sweet complete desire
Sunny, one so true, yes, I love you

Sunny, yesterday oh my life was filled with rain
Sunny, you smiled at me and really, really eased the pain
Now the dark days are gone, and the bright days are here
My Sunny one shines so sincere
Sunny, one so true, I love you

I love you… (Sunny)
I love you… (Sunny)
I love you… (Sunny)

 The Fleetwood Mac .( El grupo de origen británico obtuvo con su LP" Rumours"  uno de los grandes éxitos musicales, pero también puede ser considerado como el LP de mayor rencor de la historia. Un grupo de rock,  marcado por el sexo ,  las drogas y el desemfreno).

The Chain

Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies

And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

Listen to the wind blow down comes the night
Running in the shadows damn your love, damn your lies

Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light

And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

Chain keep us together, running in the shadow.


Dreams

Now here you go again, you say
You want your freedom
Well who am I to keep you down
It's only right that you should
Play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself, it's only me
Who wants to wrap around your dreams and,
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Dreams of loneliness,
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering, what you had,
And what you lost and what you had and what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know, you will know, you'll know

Lyrics Little Lies

If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange
Just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day
To believe in you
Tell me, tell me , tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Although I'm not making plans
I hope that you understand
There's a reason why
Close your, close your, close your eyes
No more broken hearts
We're better off apart
Let's give it a try
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange
Just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day
To believe in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't diguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me lies)

Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto 

Elvis nunca había cantado canciones con contenido social, pero el asesinato de Robert F Kennedy y de Martin Luther king(este último en Menphis, ciudad natal de Elvis) afectaron al artista. Mac Davis compuso esta canción , describiendo el desesperado ciclo vital de los pobres, lo que él denominaba  "nacer en una situación en la que no hay esperanza".

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

And his mama cries
Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads

And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, he steals a car,
He tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

And his mama cries

Songwriters: MAC DAVIS

I can´t help falling in love with you
[Verse] Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
If I can't help falling in love with you
[Chorus] Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be Take my hand, take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
For I can't help falling in love with you

Elvis Presley – And I Love You So

And I love you so
People ask me how
How I've lived 'til now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand

And yes I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me

And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
And I'm happy that you do

The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but love is dead
That is my belief

And yes I know how loveless life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening bring me down
Now that you're around me

And I love you so
People ask me how
How I've lived 'til now
I tell them I don't know

Songwriters: MCLEAN, DON

LEONARD COHEN

"Bird On The Wire"

Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

 First We Take Manhattan
Leonard Cohen

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

(I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those)

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I justmight win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I don't like your fashion business mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

(I'd really like to live beside you, baby ... )

And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night, now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I am guided

Ah remember me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

Magnolia Wind  

Emmylow harris- john Prine

I'd rather sleep in a box like a bum on the street
Than a fine feather bed without your little ol' cold feet
And I'd rather be deaf, dumb, and stone blind
Than to know that your mornings will never be mine
And I'd rather die young than to live without you
I'd rather go hungry than eat lonesome stew
You know it's once in a lifetime and it won't come again
It's here and it's gone on a magnolia wind
I'd rather not walk through the garden again
If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind
Well if it ever comes time that it comes time to go
Sis' pack up your fiddle, Sis' pack up your bow
If I can't dance with you then I won't dance at all
I'll just sit this one out with my back to the wall
I'd rather not hear pretty music again
If I can't hear your fiddle on a magnolia wind
If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind



Salif Keita (Mali- Africa)

Tomorrow (English Translation)
This song is about the inevitability of death. Here "tomorrow" means after this life . "Sadio" is the name of somebody who died. Nobody died and came back. Death is inevitable. Sadio, see you tomorrow (after this life). You are everyone's darling. Ousmane is at a loss since you left for your final journey. All the people of Mali are lost without you. Death is final. Fatoumata and Ba-Oumou are saying how much you mean to them. Sitting or standing, everyone is lamenting your absence. You did such a great work Sadio. Everybody remembers you still. You still live in the hearts of people. Tomorrow, Sadio, see you tomorrow.

Where ya gonna be tomorrow?
How ya gonna face the sorrow?
Where ya gonna be when you die?
'Cause nothing's gonna last forever
And things they change like the weather
They're gone in the blink of an eye

Just look at yourself, can you see where you are?
Look at yourself, now you can't hide the scars
Just look at yourself 'cause there's nowhere to go
And you know

Tomorrow
You're gonna have to live with the things you say
Tomorrow
You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today
Tomorrow...
And everything you do, it's coming back for you
You'll never outrun what waits for you
Tomorrow.

And are you terrified by sadness
And have you given into madness
You're running out of places to hide
'Cause everybody's got a reason
To justify how they're feelin'
Maybe you should open your eyes

Just look at yourself, do you like what you see?
Look at yourself, is this how it should be?
Just look at yourself, 'cause there's nowhere to go
And you'll know

Tomorrow
You're gonna have to live with the things you say
Tomorrow
You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today
Tomorrow...
And everything you do, it's coming back for you
You'll never outrun what waits for you
Tomorrow.

Are you waiting for the reason to change?
Are you waiting for the end, has it came?
Nothing's gonna stand in your way...

Just look at yourself, do you like what you see?
Look at yourself, is this how it should be?

Tomorrow
You're gonna have to live with the things you say
Tomorrow
You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today
Tomorrow...
And everything you do, it's coming back for you
You'll never outrun what waits for you
Tomorrow.