Devo ao meu professor de guitarra esta
dádiva, Molly Drake. A mãe de Nick Drake. Nascida na Birmânia, na
capital Rangoon, registada com o nome Mary embora todos lhe chamassem Molly,
escritora de versos e de canções que ressoam o vento da alma. Foi
educada em Londres mas casou na catedral de Rangoon em 1937. Em 1942, o Japão
invadiu a Birmânia e Molly refugiou-se em casa da irmã Nancy em Diu, Índia. A
casa tinha um piano e, num lugar onde a guerra era improvável, as duas irmãs
passavam as tardes a compor melodias para versos limpos, procurando algum
conforto. A radio local convidou-as para cantar e nomeou-as The Lloyd Sisters.
O marido regressou da guerra e em 1948 nasceu Nick Drake.
The acorn carries an oak tree
Sleeping but for a little while
Winter lies in the arms of spring
As a mother carries her child
And never knows
How wild the wind blows.
A thought carries a universe
A seed carries a field of grain
Love lies in the arms of change
As a joy carries a pain
And no one knows
How wild the wind blows.
Repare-se na beleza desta cover pelo grupo The Unthanks.
Truly beautiful.
All
compositions from this LP were written by Molly Drake.
Above, the great button accordian player Sharon
Shannon (from County Clare, Ireland) performs "Blackbird: Padraig
O'Keefe's/The Happy One-Step" with multi-instrumentalist Alan Connor at
the Celtic Colours International Festival, Cape Breton Island, 2014.
Um chá fazia bem à tosse. Perguntaste. E disseste.
Sim, um chá calhava bem. Estava mesmo a
apetecer-me.
Parece que adivinhei. Disseste. E aí sorri eu.
Tomámos chá e de imediato fizemos planos de vida
Que correram mal, imediatamente mal.
Comecei a fumar para te pedir lume.
Para passar o frio.
Descobri que não viria a morrer
Nem de cancro pulmonar, nem de amor,
mas da própria morte, mal o lume se apagou
e o café fechou as portas. Para sempre.
É uma pena não nos abraçarmos. É uma pena não dar certo e termos sempre de ficar sozinhos. Não sabemos alimentar o amor. Quanto ao poema, ele está muito bem escrito e é belo.
She was a
waitress at a shop I used to frequent quite a lot
Nice teeth
and small hands and snuck me goodies I couldn't afford then
She was
sweet to me
Reminds me
of you
[Jenna,
spoken]
Hmm. Oh,
well, nobody ever really notices me that way, so-
[Dr
Pomatter, spoken]
Somebody
did, right?
[Jenna]
Hmm?
[Dr Pomatter]
No because
you have the, the baby. You'd-
She'd make
the pies fresh every day
Like you, I
guess but I must say
If pies were
books yours would be Shakespeare's letters
You remind
me of her, but better
It only
takes a taste
When it's
something special
It only takes a taste
When ya know it's good
Sometimes
one bite is more than enough
To know you
want more of the thing you just got a taste of
[Jenna]
That reminds
me of a thing we would say
Me and my
momma in the kitchen when we'd bake
She'd say
Jenna, you can tell the whole story with a taste
[Dr
Pomatter]
Yeah! No
that's exactly what I mean
I swear that
as those flavours mixed and melted I can hear the sirens sing
It was truly
something special-- one taste and I want the whole thing
I must say
It felt like
I was carried away
Intoxicated,
made me escape the room I was in
I can't help
but wonder how your hands must have felt
Creating
such a masterful thing
[Jenna]
Just one
bite
Caused all
that wondering
[Dr
Pomatter]
It only
takes a taste
[Dr
Pomatter/Jenna]
It only
takes a taste when you know it's good
Sometimes
one bite is more than enough
To know you
want more of the thing you just got a taste of. Sara
Bareilles and Jason Mraz sing "It Only Takes A Taste" from Waitress
The Musical!Storytelling and beautiful music.