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Une chanson, une émotion # 23 : Time - Tom Waits
Issue de l'immense album qu'est "Rain Dogs" sorti en 1985 , cette chanson me fait presque chialer à chaque fois...
Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
His invisible fiancee's in the mirror
And the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
And it's true there's nothing left for him down here
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream
Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?"
So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street
And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time timeComment résister?
That's all folks!
Tags : chanson, emotion, time, tom, waits
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1Arewenotmen?Dimanche 19 Février 2017 à 21:04In grznd album en effet )son dernier?)... avec Keith Richards en guest star de surcroît!Répondre2AudreyLundi 20 Février 2017 à 11:33Contrairement à Arewenotmen, je pense que Tom Waits a continué d'aligner nombre de Chef d'uerve après c'elui-ci. D'ailleurs, je crois que je l'ai trop écouté celui-ci et que je n'ai pas souvent envie de m'y replonger (preuve qu'il serait (un poil) surestimé?)...
Tom WAITS a fourni depuis et continue encore de fournir de très grand disque, contrairement à beaucoup d'autres artistes des 70's.
Pour revenir à la chanson, oui, elle donne le frisson, mais là aussi, je trouve que ma relation avec elle s'est émoussée avec le temps, contrairement à Kentucky Avenue, par exemple (au piano il est vrai).
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