Morre Billy Paul

Aos 81 anos, dia 24 de abril, de câncer. 

Um dos maiores nomes do Soul Americano, um estilo musical originado do Blues e também do Gospel americano do final da década de 50.
É uma música bem ritmada, melodiosa, enfim: gostosa de ouvir e de dançar!

(Melhor eu voltar aos estudos em vez de ficar ouvindo Soul).

Uma música muito conhecida de Billy Paul é Me and Mrs. Jones.
E Your Song, que coloco aqui (a tradução segue abaixo).

Your Song

It's a little bit funny Lord, this feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can easily hide

I don't have much money but, boy, if I did

I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live

If, if, if I was a sculpture Lord, honey, but then again, no

(then again no, no)

Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show

I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do

You gave me a gift Lord, and I'm goin' sing it for you

And you can tell everybody that this is your song

(this is your song)

It may be a quite simple, but that's how it's done

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

What I wrote down in words, words

How wonderful life is when you're in the world, world, world

If, if, (if), if I was on a rooftop

I'd kick off my shoes (kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)

I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues

But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song

It's for people like you and people like me

I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on

So excuse me for forgetting, but these things I do Lord

(these things I do Lord)

You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue

Anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean

Yours are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes

The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you got back

I hope you, I hope you go back and tell everybody

That this is your song (this is your song)

It may be quite, quite simple, but now that's how it's done

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

But I wrote down in words Lord, words

I'm doin' it for how wonderful it is when you're in the world, world, world

If, if, (if), if I sat upon a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes, oh yeah

(kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)

I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues

But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song

It's for people like you, people like me

I wanna, wanna keep turnin' on, so excuse me, so excuse me

So excuse me for forgetting, but these things I do

(these things I do Lord)

You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue, baby

And anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean

You are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes

The sweetest eyes I've ever seen

I want you to go back, go back and and tell everybody

That Billy Paul's got a song (Billy Paul's got a song)

I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick my shoes off

I'm gonna write it (write it), write it (write it), write it (write it)

I might come out with the Gospel (Gospel), the blues (blues),

The jazz (jazz), the rock and roll

I'm gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody

Because this is my song (this is my song)

It may be quite, quite simple but that's the way it's done

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

What I wrote down in words, words

You come on back, you try to try again, try again

Tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song

(Billy Paul's got a song)

It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

what I wrote down in words

Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it ooooh

Get back, get, got, oh no

Sua Música

É um pouco engraçado, esse sentimento aqui dentro

Não sou um daqueles, que facilmente conseguem esconder

Não tenho muito dinheiro, mas, cara, se eu tivesse

Eu compraria uma casa grande onde nós dois pudéssemos viver

Se eu fosse um escultor, mas de novo não sou,

Ou um homem que faz poções num programa de viagem

Eu sei que não é muito, mas é o melhor que posso fazer

Meu dom é minha canção, e essa é pra você.

E você pode dizer pra todo mundo, essa é sua canção

Pode parecer bastante simples, mas agora que está feita

Eu espero que não se importe

Eu espero que não se importe

Que eu tenha colocado em palavras

O quão maravilhosa é vida enquanto você está nesse mundo.

Sentei no telhado e chutei pra longe o musgo

Bem, um pouco dos versos, eles me vieram à cabeça

Mas sol estava bastante bondoso enquanto eu escrevia essa canção

É por pessoas como você, que ele continua aquecendo.

Assim, perdoe-me pelo esquecimento, mas essas coisas acontecem

Você sabe que eu esqueço, se eles são verdes ou azuis

De qualquer forma, a coisa é, o que quero dizer é que

Os seus são os mais doces olhos que eu já vi.