Paul Simon - American Tune (Parkinson Show, 1975)

 

 

1975년 Parkinson Show 라는 영국 BBC 프로그램에서 방송되었던 것입니다. 이 영상은 비교적 최근 Sounds Of Seventies 라는 BBC 프로그램에서 다시 방송된것을 녹화한 것이구요.

 

나중에 출반되었던 Songbook을 제외하면 폴 사이먼의 솔로 두번째 앨범인 There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) 에 실려있는 곡입니다. 제가 제일 좋아하는 곡 :-) 이 곡을 첨 들었던 것은 그 앨범이 아니고 Live Rhymin' (1974)에 실렸던 곡이었는데, 아직 그 버전을 제일 좋아합니다. The Paul Simon Collection: on My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' (2002) 앨범에 포함되어 있는 보너스 디스크에서도 또 다른 라이브 American Tune을 들을 수 있습니다.

 

 

Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far a-way from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
but it's alright, it's alright
for we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the
road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the a-ge's most uncertain hours
and sing an American tune
Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest