
Y al volver a casa aquella voz seguía allí; como el cuervo sobre el busto de Poe. La voz todavía andaba en las paredes, en los vasos... como una conciencia arenosa que, lentamente, iba revelando las respuestas no pedidas, los olvidos no olvidados...
Ese fue mi primer encuentro con Tom Waits. Después de muchos años, sigue por aquí esa voz aun deslizándose y raspando el aire. Y, de algún modo, se hizo imprescindible desde aquel primer encuentro en una versión del Somewhere de West Side Story. Hoy no me voy a meter en biografías ni mitomanías; esta noche no. Sólo dejo una canción. Y esta es para mi. Ésta es mía... sin dedicatorias ni mensajes. Simplemente es uno de mis refugios, y, a estas alturas, uno ya guarda pocas cosas en los bolsillos...
Ol' '55 es el primer corte del álbum de debut de Tom Waits, "Closing Time".
Va en serio. Sólo os la presto.
Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old 55
As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feelings getting stronger.
And its six in the morning, gave me no warning; I had to be on my way.
Well theres trucks all a-passing me, and the lights are all flashing,
Im on my way home from your place.
And now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feelings getting stronger.
And my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old 55
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks...
As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feelings getting stronger.
And its six in the morning, gave me no warning; I had to be on my way.
Well theres trucks all a-passing me, and the lights are all flashing,
Im on my way home from your place.
And now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade
Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer,
Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feelings getting stronger.
And my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old 55
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the suns coming up, Im riding with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks...
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