miércoles, 19 de diciembre de 2012

charmless man - blur


I met him in a crowded room
Where people go
To drink away their gloom
He sat me down and so began
The story of a charmless man
Educated the expensive way
He knows his claret from a beaujolais
I think he’d like to have been Ronnie Kray
But the nature didn’t make him that way



He thinks he’s educated,

Airs those family shares

Will protect him that we will respect him

He moves in circles of friends

Who just pretend that they like him

He does the same to them

And when you put it all together

There’s the model of a charmless man



He knows the swingers and their cavalry

Says he can get it anywhere for free

I began to go a little cross eyed

And from this charmless man

I just had to hide



He talks at speed he gets nose bleeds

He doesn’t see his days

Are tumbling down upon him

And yet tries so hard to please

He’s just so keen for you to listen

But no one is listening

And when you put it all together

There’s the model of a charmless man



lunes, 17 de diciembre de 2012

It's tricky



[Intro]

This speech is my recital, I think it's very vital
To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)
It's Tricky is the title, here we go...

It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...it's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tricky (Tricky) Trrrrrrrrrrricky

[Verse 1]

I met this little girlie, her hair was kinda curly
Went to her house and bust her out, I had to leave real early
These girls are really sleazy, all they just say is please me
Or spend some time and rock a rhyme, I said "It's not that easy"

It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it D?) It's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Trrrrrricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...Tricky (Tricky) Tricky

[Verse 2]

In New York the people talk and try to make us rhyme
They really (hawk) but we just (walk) because we have no time
And in the city it's a pity cos we just can't hide
Tinted windows don't mean nothin', they know who's inside

It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it D?) Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky) huh!

[Verse 3]

When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time
I'm not singin', phone keep ringin' cos I make up a rhyme
I'm not braggin', people naggin' cos they think I'm a star
Always tearin' what I'm wearin', I think they're goin' too far
A girl named Carol follows Daryll every gig we play
Then D dissed her and dismissed her, now she's jockin' Jay
I ain't lyin', girls be cryin' cos I'm on TV
They even bother my poor father cos he's down with me

It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it?) Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tricky (Tr-Tr-Tr-Tricky) Tr-tr-tr...

[Verse 4]

We are not thugs (we don't use drugs) but you assume (on your own)
They offer coke (and lots of dope) but we just leave it alone
It's like that y'all (y'all), but we don't quit
You keep on (rock!) shock! Cos this is it...

Sympathy for the Devil



Please allow me to introduce myself 
I'm a man of wealth and taste 
I've been around for a long, long year 
Stole many a mans soul and faith 
And I was round when jesus christ 
Had his moment of doubt and pain 
Made damn sure that pilate 
Washed his hands and sealed his fate 
Pleased to meet you 
Hope you guess my name 
But what's puzzling you 
Is the nature of my game 
I stuck around st. petersburg 
When I saw it was a time for a change 
Killed the czar and his ministers 
Anastasia screamed in vain 
I rode a tank 
Held a generals rank 
When the blitzkrieg raged 
And the bodies stank 
Pleased to meet you 
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah 
Ah, what's puzzling you 
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah 
I watched with glee 
While your kings and queens 
Fought for ten decades 
For the gods they made 
I shouted out, 
Who killed the kennedys? 
When after all 
It was you and me 
Let me please introduce myself 
I'm a man of wealth and taste 
And I laid traps for troubadours 
Who get killed before they reached bombay 
Pleased to meet you 
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah 
But what's puzzling you 
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby 
Pleased to meet you 
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah 
But what's confusing you 
Is just the nature of my game 
Just as every cop is a criminal 
And all the sinners saints 
As heads is tails 
Just call me lucifer 
Cause I'm in need of some restraint 
So if you meet me 
Have some courtesy 
Have some sympathy, and some taste 
Use all your well-learned politesse 
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah 
Pleased to meet you 
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah 
But what's puzzling you 
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down 
Woo, who 
Oh yeah, get on down 
Oh yeah 
Oh yeah! 
Tell me baby, what's my name 
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name 
Tell me baby, what's my name 
I tell you one time, you're to blame 
Ooo, who 
Ooo, who 
Ooo, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Oh, yeah 
What's my name 
Tell me, baby, what's my name 
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Ooo, who, who 
Oh, yeah

Somebody That I used to Know




Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)

(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody

De vez en cuando pienso en cuando estabamos juntos,
como cuando dijiste
que te sentías tan feliz que podrías morir.
Me dije a mí mismo que eras adecuada para mí,
pero me sentía tan solo en tu compañia,
pero eso era amor y esto es un dolor que todavía recuerdo.

Puedes hacerte adicto a cierta clase de tristeza,
como resignarte al final,
siempre el final.
Así que cuando nos dimos cuenta que no teníamos sentido,
bueno, dijiste que todavía podíamos ser amigos,
pero admitiré que me alegré de que se acabara.

Pero no tenías que cortar todos los lazos conmigo,
hacer como que nunca ha pasado,
y que no fuimos nada,
y ni siquiera necesito tu amor,
pero me tratas como a un extraño,
y eso resulta tan duro,
no, no tenías que caer tan bajo (stoop),
hacer que tus amigos recojan tus discos
y luego cambiar tu número (de teléfono),
aunque supongo que no lo necesito, (though)
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer,
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer,
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer.

De vez en cuando pienso en todas las veces que me jod*ste
haciéndome creer
que siempre era (culpa de) algo que había hecho yo,
pero no quiero vivir así,
leyendo dentro de cada palabra que dices,
dijiste que podías dejarlo pasar,
que no te atraparía colgada de otro (hung up on)
al que solías conocer.

Pero no tenías que cortar todos los lazos conmigo,
hacer como que nunca ha pasado,
y que no fuimos nada,
y ni siquiera necesito tu amor,
pero me tratas como a un extraño,
y eso resulta tan duro,
no, no tenías que caer tan bajo,
hacer que tus amigos recojan tus discos
y luego cambiar tu número (de teléfono)
aunque supongo que no lo necesito,
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer.

Alguien
a quien solía conocer,
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer.
Alguien
a quien solía conocer,
ahora eres solo alguien a quien solía conocer.
A quien solía conocer,
a quien solía conocer,
a quien solía conocer,
alguien.

Let's learn to pronounce the vowels in English



A-E-A-E-I-O-U-U-I sometimes cry.
A-E-A-E-I-O-U-U-I sometimes cry.
You tell me that you love me ev'ry day.
When we're alone I really feel in love.
But when we're at a friends house you are changed

You treat me bad
I feel I'm sick in bed.
I want your love
give me your love -
That's how I feel
I want it to be real.
I want your love
give me your love -
I need you just and I - I owe you so much.
A -E-A -E -I-O-U-U-I sometimes cry. . . .
Do you really like something you say

I know you do
it makes me so confused.
I'm sure this is the way that you're to play

Let's get it right
it's much too good to lose.
I want your love
give me your love -
That's how I feel and I want it to be real.
I want your love
give me your love

I need your touch and I - I owe you so much.
A - E - A - E - I - O - U - U - I sometimes cry. . . .
A-E-A-E-I-O-U-U-I sometimes cry. . . .
I need you back
I want you back
give me your love.
I need you back
I want you back
give me your love.
Girl
girl
I know I owe you so much

But can I pay you with just
with just one touch?
And girl
I know you care -
I'll never love another to that
to that I'll swear.

A -E-A -E -I-O -U-U -I sometimes cry. . . .
A-E-A-E-I-O-U-U-I sometimes cry....