Dit briljante nummer van Prince, of hoe de beste man zich dezer dagen ook pleegt te noemen, is een nummer dat zich bij tijd en wijle in mijn kop zet om daar vervolgens minimaal 24 uur rond te blijven dwalen. De tekst.....
ik heb er geen woorden voor.
Of wel? ....ik bezon me op het vertalen van delen van de tekst maar dat viel niet mee. Alles klonk zo stichtelijk. Zo schoolmeester en zo onoprecht.
Kijk en luister, misschien begrijp je wel wat ik bedoel.
Oh yeah
In France a skinny man
Died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle
And soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys
And their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack, totin' a machine gun
Time, time
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church
And killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story
Is tellin' U somebody died
Sister killed her baby cuz she could afford 2 feed it
And we're sending people 2 the moon
In September my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes
And everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy
Unless a man truly dies
Oh why
Time, time
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn
Time, times
It's silly, no?
When a rocket blows
And everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy, truly
Until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why, Sign O the Times
Time, time
Sign O the Times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate... if it's a boy
Time, time
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