domenica 20 luglio 2008

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live ?

Ry Cooder


[Questa canzone, incisa nel 1929 da Blind Alfred Reed, ha un testo quanto mai attuale. Ry Cooder ne ha fatto due versioni: una "bluesy" (purtroppo non più liberamente disponibile) e un'altra in forma di struggente ballad "latina" (accompagnato, fra gli altri, da Flaco Jimenez)].







I remember a time when every thing was cheap
Now prices nearly puts a man to sleep
Well, when we get our grocery bill
We feel like making our will
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?

Well, the doctor comes around with his face all bright
And he says, In a little while you'll be all right!
Well, all he gives is a humbug pill
Dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?

Most preachers, well, they preach for gold and not for soul
Well, that's what keeps us poor folks always in a hole
Now, we can hardly get our breath
Taxed and schooled and preached to death
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?








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