2011年5月12日木曜日

Louisiana 1927 / Randy Newman



日曜日の南林間HideawayでJunサンがDancing Feetで歌ったこの歌、今回の津波で流された人のことを思いながら練習したのだそうだ。Junサンの歌にも感動したが、今日たまたまRandy Newmanを聴いてたらこの曲が出てきてもう一度感動した。この動画の映像はともかく(笑)、このメロディーは鳥肌が立つほど美しい。淡々と状況を描写してて、多くのことをを言外で雄弁に語るこの歌詞もすばらしい。



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What has happened down here is the wind have changed


Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain


Rained real hard and rained for a real long time


Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline





The river rose all day


The river rose all night


Some people got lost in the flood


Some people got away alright


The river have busted through cleared down to Plaquemines


Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline





Louisiana, Louisiana


They're tyrin' to wash us away


They're tryin' to wash us away


Louisiana, Louisiana


They're tryin' to wash us away


They're tryin' to wash us away





President Coolidge came down in a railroad train


With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand


The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has done to this poor crackers land."






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