My Back Pages - To Steve

Crimson flames tied through my ears

Rollin' high and mighty traps

Pounced with fire on flaming roads

Using ideas as my maps

"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I

Proud 'neath heated brow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth

"Rip down all hate," I screamed

Lies that life is black and white

Spoke from my skull. I dreamed

Romantic facts of musketeers

Foundationed deep, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

Girls' faces formed the forward path

From phony jealousy

To memorizing politics

Of ancient history

Flung down by corpse evangelists

Unthought of, though, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor's tongue

Too serious to fool

Spouted out that liberty

Is just equality in school

"Equality," I spoke the word

As if a wedding vow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand

At the mongrel dogs who teach

Fearing not that I'd become my enemy

In the instant that I preach

My existence led by confusion boats

Mutiny from stern to bow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats

Too noble to neglect

Deceived me into thinking

I had something to protect

Good and bad, I define these terms

Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

_________

Letra de Bob Dylan

Video em homenagem ao

trigésimo aniversário de Steve Jobs

Um Mundo Selvagem?

Não apenas mais uma música de sentimentos amorosos ou de paixão, mas uma música de Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam). Fala do sentimento de deixar partir, esperando o melhor para aquele que parte. Nem sempre isso é possível de se desejar à alguém que nos abandona (ou que assim pensamos ser). Poderia ser uma música de um namorado à sua namorada mas poderia ser também a música de um pai à uma filha. O mundo está aí fora, com possibilidades, dificuldades, incertezas, desafios, e muitas coisas maravilhosas para se descobrir, sendo algumas, descobriremos mais tarde, terríveis.

Algo que eu insisto sempre é que nós, vocês e eu, fazemos o mundo acontecer. Se o mundo um dia partir seu coração em dois, ou fazer com que seja difícil manter um sorriso, lembre-se que você ajudou a construir esse momento.

Se os outros preferem fazer os outros chorarem, eu, mesmo assim, continuarei a tentar fazer os outros sorrirem. Independente de quantas lágrimas derramei, ainda assim, há coisas muito mais importantes do que nossas tristezas e que precisam de nossa atenção.

Se um dia vocês tiverem que partir para algum lugar, lembrem-se da música e "Take good care". Apreciem.

Cat Stevens - Wild World - (1970)

Obs.: video de 1976, música lançada em 1970.

Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin'
Baby, I'm greavin'

But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breaking my heart in two
Because I never wanna see you a sad girl
Don't be a bad girl

But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

Baby, I love you
But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

Por Robson Rogers