Paroles

so, so you think you can tell
heaven from hell,
blue skys from pain.
can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail?
a smile from a veil?
do you think you can tell?

and did they get you to trade
your heros for ghosts?
hot ashes for trees?
hot air for a cool breeze?
cold comfort for change?
and did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish
How I wish you were here

Well you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind.
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine.
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy.
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy.

Yeah I love my baby, my heart and soul.
Love like ours won't never grow old.
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy.
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy.

Yeah I love my lady, she's long and lean.
You mess with her, you'll see a man gettin' mean.
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy.
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy.

Well I love my baby like the finest wine.
Stick with her until the end of time.
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy.
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy.

Yeah I love my baby, my heart and soul.
Love like ours won't never grow old.
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy.
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy.

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way,
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancinet melodies
He turned to me as if to say, Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you


CHORUS:
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had


The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become


CHORUS


Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Le 27/08/2006, Johannes avait écrit ...

How I wish you were here

Wish You Were Here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish You Were Here
I Wish You Were Here
Don't you know, the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

Wish You Were Here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish You Were Here
I Wish You Were Here
Don't you know, the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

I've got feelings for you
Do you still feel the same?
From the first time I laid my eyes on you
I felt joy of living
I saw heaven in your eyes
In yor eyes

Wish You Were Here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish You Were Here
I Wish You Were Here
Don't you know, the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

I miss your laugh, I miss your smile
I miss everything about you
Every second's like a minute
Every minute's like a day
When you're far away

The snow is getting colder, baby
I Wish You Were Here
A battlefield of love and fear
And I Wish You Were Here

I've got feelings for you
From the first time I laid my eyes on you

Wish You Were Here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish You Were Here
I Wish You Were Here
Don't you know, the snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

(Wish you were here)
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
(Wish you were here)
I wish you were here

Le 27/08/2006, Jacki-et-sa-4L avait écrit ...

Toto-Africa (j'aime)

Wish you were here

Le 27/08/2006, Kakita_Kirby avait écrit ...

Wish you were here

Sauf que Wish you were here c'est le titre dela chanson des floyds aussi, et de l'album où elle est.

As I went a walking
One morning in spring
I met with some travelers
On an old country lane
One was an old man
The second a maid
The third was a young boy who smiled as he said

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind."

So I asked them to tell me their name and their race
So I could remember each smile on their face
"Our name, they mean nothing...
They change throughout time
So come sit beside us and share in our wine"

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind."

So I sat down beside them
With flowers all around
We et from a mantle
Spread out on the ground
They told me of prophets
And peoples and kings
And all of the one god that knows everything

"We're traveling to Glaston
Over England's gren lanes
To hear of men's troubles
To hear of their pains
We travel the wide world
Over land and the sea
To tell all the people
How they can be free..."

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind."
So sadly I left them
On that old country lane
For I knew that I'd never see them again
One was an old man
The second a maid
The third was a young boy who smiled as he said...

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind."

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind."

Accessoirement, si mes souvenirs sont bons, within n'a jamais fait cette chanson, c'est un fake qui a tourné sur le ouèbe pendant un moment.

Le 27/08/2006, tisseur_de_reves avait écrit ...

non justement, j'ai les deux versions identiques, l'une de blackmore's night, l'autre soi-disant de within. Petit détail, "Wish you were here" est présent sur l'un des albums de Blackmore's Night, sur "Shadow of the moon" pour être précis. Within n'a jamais sorti la chanson sur aucun de ses albums. Ca prête à réflexion.

I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesnt have much time
Cause at 5 oclock they take me to the gallows pole
The sands of time for me are running low

When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me

Can it be theres some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream

Somebody please tell me that Im dreaming
Its not so easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying
After all I am not afraid of dying
Dont believe that there is never an end

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell God be with you
If theres a God then why has he let me die?

As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near Im not sorry
Catch my soul cos its willing to fly away

Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please dont worry now that I have gone
Ive gone beyond to see the truth

When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then youll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion.

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're okay
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team

Money get back
I'm alright Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Money it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
n I think I need a Lear jet

Money it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

I know

I know, you love the song but not the singer
I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger
I know, you want the sin without the sinner
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know

I know, you cut me loose from contradiction
I know, I'm all wrapped up in sweet attrition
I know, it's asking for your benediction
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know.

We were tight, but it falls apart as silver turns to blue.
Waxing with a candlelight, and burning just for you.
Allocate your sentiment, and stick it in a box.
Ive never been an extrovert, but Im still breathing.

Someone tried to do me ache (its what Im afraid of)

With hindsight, I was more than blind, lost without a clue.
Thought I was getting carat gold, and what I got was you.
Stuck inside the circumstances, lonely at the top.
Ive always been an introvert
Happily bleeding.

Someone tried to do me ache (its what Im afraid of)

4 7 2 3 9 8 5 - I gotta breathe to stay alive,
And 1 4 2 9 7 8 - feels like Im gonna suffocate.
14 16 22 - this skin that turns to blister blue.
Shoulders toes and knees, Im 36 degrees,
Shoulders toes and knees,Im 36 degrees,
Shoulder toes and knees, Im 36 degrees,
Shoulders toes and knees, Im 36 degrees.

'étais dans mon village, à réparer des chaises en bois
Mais l'aventure m'appelait, l'ennui était en moi
J'avais ouï d'une tour, siégeant un peu plus loin
J'ai attrapé mon canasson, mes bottes et mon gourdin

A l'aventure, compagnons
Je suis parti vers l'horizon
J'aurais mieux fait de rester chez moi
La suite vous le dira

Je suis arrivé au lieu-dit, trempé par un orage
Ma monture s'est enfuie, mais j'ai gardé mon courage
Contournant l'édifice, dont la porte était fermée
J'ai glissé dans la boue et puis les chiens sont arrivés

A l'aventure, compagnons
Je suis parti vers l'horizon
J'aurais mieux fait de rester au lit
Ce donjon, il est pourri

Ils ont bouffé ma cape, mes sandwiches et mon boudin
J'ai du abandonner mon sac et fuir comme un vilain
Poursuivi par les bêtes, je suis tombé dans un trou
C'était l'entrée secrète qui passait par les égouts

Refrain

J'ai rampé dans la fange, les vermines et les sangsues
J'ai atterri dans un cachot, où vivaient trois bossus
Ils m'ont piqué ma veste, mes bottes et mon gourdin
Et ils m'ont balancé dehors à grands coups de pied dans l'train

Refrain

J'ai traîné dans les corridors, sans arme et déprimé
Egaré dans la tour, je suis revenu à l'entrée
Les orques m'ont vu passer, courant vers la sortie
Ils se demandent encore qui était cet abruti

Refrain

L'histoire était finie et j'ai voulu rentrer chez moi
En courant sous la pluie, boitant comme un vieux rat
Cherchant pour une auberge, une paillasse et un cruchon
Je m'suis dit "l'aventure, c'est pas fait pour les couillons"

A l'aventure, nom d'un chien
Je n'irai plus faire le malin
J'aurais mieux fait de rester chez moi
A faire des chaises en bois !