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SøułSurvivør Jan 2021
She rolled onto the stage
In spandex laced with studs
Electric guitars squealing
The same ol' worn out crud.

The drumbeats and the bongos
That thudding telltale beat
She knew she wasn't nothin'
But a screamin' piece of meat.

[Chorus]
The Music Man got holda her
Gripped her wild mane
With dreams of mansions on the hill
Dreams of wealth & fame.

There's so much more insida me!
So much more to art!
Got a Stratocaster body
And a plain ol' mandolin heart.


Then the music changed around
To a funky Kind of Blue
Her bassist & guitar men
Sported their tattoos.

She did not start out this way
No, she started small
In a little bluegrass band
Sayin' "come on back, y'all..."

[Chorus]

At the backstage party
She showed up but didn't stay
She was all smiles & wiles
Then just faded away.

She got in her Maserati
She left all alone
She said goodbye to no one...
She turned her wheels toward Home.

**Bridge:
She wanted to get lost in it
Forget her humble start
But the Hollywood music machines
Only tear apart
Now she longed for MORE than meals
Eaten a la carte
She broke the Stratocaster
Played her plain ol' mandolin heart.
Junto al Rhin, el viejo río,
El río de las leyendas,
Un castillo silencioso
Alza sus torres de piedra,
Del señor de la comarca
La sombría fortaleza.

La niña de ojos azules
Y rizada cabellera,
De tez de nieve y de grana,
Casto ideal de poeta;
La que mis sueños tranquilos
Cruza vaporosa, aérea,
Cual Holda cruza el espacio
En noches de primavera,
La adorada de mi vida
Que me ha jurado fe eterna,
Allí vive, para el mundo
Escondida su belleza.

Cuando las luces se apagan
En las sombrías almenas,
Y el castillo está embozado
En su manto de tinieblas,
Llego vestido de paje
A la marmórea escalera
Donde me aguarda mi amada,
La niña de rizas trenzas,
La de los ojos azules

Que me ha jurado fe eterna;
Y el paseo comenzamos
De brazo por la alameda;
Y ella al oído me dice,
Con voz apagada y trémula,
-En mi hombro, pensativa,
Reclinada la cabeza,-
Lo que ha soñado en sus noches,
Sus imposibles quimeras,
Las ternuras de su alma,
Sus recónditas tristezas;
Y yo, soñador, le narro
Cuentos de hermosas princesas
Enamoradas de pajes
Que han muerto de amor por ellas;
Y al decirle mis dolores,
Mis sueños y mis tristezas,
Melancólica me mira,
Llora, y las manos me estrecha.

Y cuando en el cielo pálido
Muriendo van las estrellas,
La dejo en la escalinata
Y repaso la alameda,
Cabizbajo, recordando
Lo que olvidé junto a ella,
Lo que pensaba decirle:
Más sueños y más promesas.

Y cruzo el Rhin en mi barca...
Y en tanto en las ondas crespas
Juegan con la blanca espuma
Las hadas de las leyendas.
She rolled onto the stage
In spandex laced with studs
Electric guitars squealing
The same ol' worn out crud.

The drumbeats and the bongos
That thudding telltale beat
She knew she wasn't nothin'
But a screamin' piece of meat.

[Chorus]
The Music Man got holda her
Gripped her wild mane
With dreams of mansions on the hill
Dreams of wealth & fame.

There's so much more insida me!
So much more to art!
Got a Stratocaster body
And a plain ol' mandolin heart.


Then the music changed around
To a funky Kind of Blue
Her bassist & guitar men
Sported their tattoos.

She did not start out this way
No, she started small
In a little bluegrass band
Sayin' "come on back, y'all..."

[Chorus]

At the backstage party
She showed up but didn't stay
She was all smiles & wiles
Then just faded away.

She got in her Maserati
She left all alone
She said goodbye to no one...
She turned her wheels toward Home.

Bridge:
She wanted to get lost in it
Forget her humble start
But the Hollywood music machines
Only tear apart
Now she longed for MORE than meals
Eaten a la carte
She broke the Stratocaster
Played her plain ol' mandolin heart.


SoulSurvivor aka
Write of Passage

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