Can't Run But
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
A cooling system
Burns out in the Ukraine
Trees and umbrellas
Protect us from the new rain
Armies of engineers
To analyze the soil
The food we contemplate
The water that we boil
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
Oo-we Oo-we
I had a dream about us
In the bottles and the bones of the night
I felt a pain in my shoulder blade
Like a pencil point? A love bite?
A couple was rubbing against us
Rubbing and doing that new dance
The man was wearing a jacket and jeans
The woman was laughing in advance
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
A winding river
Gets wound around a heart. Pull it
Tighter and tighter
Until the muddy waters part
Down by the river bank
A blues band arrives
The music suffers
The music business thrives
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
Oo-we Oo-we
Guitarra: Paul Simon
Percusión: UAKTI y Nana Vasconcelos
Guitarra: J.J.Cale
Batería: Steve Gadd
Talking Drum: Mingo Araújo y Remy Kabocka
Triangulo y Casinete: Mingo Araújo
Chicote: Mazzola y Paulo Santos
© 1989, 1990 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: The Rhythm Of The Saints
Comentarios: Curiosa letra que comienza con un mensaje ecologista de preocupación sobre los efectos de la industrialización sobre la naturaleza, tomando como ejemplo Chernobyl, y sus efectos sobre nuestra vida cotidiana. En la segunda estrofa se expresa como lo sentimientos a veces se vueven tan resbaladizos y sucios como un rio cenagoso. Al final se traza un paralelismo entre la degradación del planeta y del propio espíritu del rock a la que el artista ha asistido durante toda su vida, mientras la industria del disco cada vez se hace más próspera.
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