If you ever hear that thunder
Put your eye to the sky, boy, and wonder
Maybe there's a kingdom above the weather
Oh, and whether you're gonna get on in
Is up to him
If you ever hear that crying
In the distance like some siren
Maybe there's a singer with no ring
Around their little finger, no love
And If I lose my voice
If I have no choice but to go quiet
Won't you sing for me
A melody into the night air
And if I die too young
Oh, if the wolf he comes
Fee-fi-fo-fum
If I die too young
Oh, if the locust come
Well then run, run, run
Free
If you ever hear that gunshot
You may think 'bout what you do but you don't got
Say a prayer
Think of mother
I am a rock
If you ever hear that sound now
If the door gets kicked in here, they come now
Think of others
Be their cover
I am what they're not
Pray for Paris
They cannot scare us
Or stop the music
You got a sweet voice, child
Why don't you use it?
If I die too young
If the gunmen come
I'm full of love
So release me
Every piece of me
Up above
Up above, ooh
Love my mama and my papa
Love my sister
Can't stand the coppers
Up in their choppers
Oh, flying overhead
Forty-nine dead
Singing, oh, my Lord come carry me home
Oh, my Lord come carry me home
I'm singing oh my God
Oh my Lord
Oh my God, oh my Lord
Oh my God, oh my Lord, oh my Lord
And if I die too young
For something I ain't done
Carry my name
Every day
Oh, I'm sorry
Oh, I'm sorry
Freddie Gray
But sleep easy
Like baby Jesus
In a manger
Oh, sleep easy
Like little Jesus
Beautiful stranger
Oh, beautiful stranger
If I die too young
Let all that I've done
Be remembered
And I'll sleep easy
Like baby Jesus
In his manger
And I'll sleep easy
Like little Jesus
Safe from danger
Carry onward
Like some songbird
Beautiful stranger
Carry onward
Like some songbird
Beautiful stranger
Oh, beautiful stranger
Put your eye to the sky, boy, and wonder
Maybe there's a kingdom above the weather
Oh, and whether you're gonna get on in
Is up to him
If you ever hear that crying
In the distance like some siren
Maybe there's a singer with no ring
Around their little finger, no love
And If I lose my voice
If I have no choice but to go quiet
Won't you sing for me
A melody into the night air
And if I die too young
Oh, if the wolf he comes
Fee-fi-fo-fum
If I die too young
Oh, if the locust come
Well then run, run, run
Free
If you ever hear that gunshot
You may think 'bout what you do but you don't got
Say a prayer
Think of mother
I am a rock
If you ever hear that sound now
If the door gets kicked in here, they come now
Think of others
Be their cover
I am what they're not
Pray for Paris
They cannot scare us
Or stop the music
You got a sweet voice, child
Why don't you use it?
If I die too young
If the gunmen come
I'm full of love
So release me
Every piece of me
Up above
Up above, ooh
Love my mama and my papa
Love my sister
Can't stand the coppers
Up in their choppers
Oh, flying overhead
Forty-nine dead
Singing, oh, my Lord come carry me home
Oh, my Lord come carry me home
I'm singing oh my God
Oh my Lord
Oh my God, oh my Lord
Oh my God, oh my Lord, oh my Lord
And if I die too young
For something I ain't done
Carry my name
Every day
Oh, I'm sorry
Oh, I'm sorry
Freddie Gray
But sleep easy
Like baby Jesus
In a manger
Oh, sleep easy
Like little Jesus
Beautiful stranger
Oh, beautiful stranger
If I die too young
Let all that I've done
Be remembered
And I'll sleep easy
Like baby Jesus
In his manger
And I'll sleep easy
Like little Jesus
Safe from danger
Carry onward
Like some songbird
Beautiful stranger
Carry onward
Like some songbird
Beautiful stranger
Oh, beautiful stranger
Contributed by Dq82 - 2025/12/1 - 18:18
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Mavis Staples, a 86 anni e oltre sette decenni di carriera alle spalle, esce con questo “Sad and Beautiful World”
Dq82 - 2025/12/1 - 18:20
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Beautiful Strangers b/w No Place To Fall
L’ex bassista dei Woods e leader dei Babies, Kevin Morby, ha pubblicato quest’oggi (27 ottobre) attraverso la pagina Bandcamp ufficiale un 7 pollici contenente due nuove canzoni. Si tratta dell’inedito Beautiful Strangers, dedicato alle vittime della sparatoria avvenuta all’interno del night-club Pulse di Orlando (Florida) la notte tra l’11 e il 12 giugno 2016, e della cover del brano di Townes Van Zandt No Place to Fall. Il ricavato delle vendite, ha fatto sapere l’artista texano, verrà devoluto all’organizzazione no-profit americana Everytown For Gun Safety che da anni si batte a sostegno del rafforzamento della legge contro la vendita delle armi.
Morby, nella nota che accompagna la pubblicazione, ha colto inoltre l’occasione per dedicare Beautiful Strangers a tutte le persone innocenti che amavano ridere, ballare e divertirsi e a cui senza preavviso è stata portata via la vita («This release is dedicated to and written for all the people I have never met but have only read about. The innocent people who were out living their lives and one day, without warning, had them taken away from them. People who liked to laugh, dance, and love in the way that we all do, but can’t anymore. All those names and faces, all those beautiful strangers… »).