bill callahan, a man needs a woman or a man to be a man

bueno y ya llegamos a la última entrega, con a man needs a woman or a man to be a man, otro temazo de aquellos... este cierra el disco, cuya portada reproducimos a continuación, con un lenk pra il bajar. espero que alguno haya escuchado estos temas y haya descubierto algo que le guste... bueno, en fin. disfrutad!

bill callahan, woke on a whaleheart, 2006

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when you leave, i go into our room
and lay me down on birds of paradise
it's pretty womanly in here!
roses noting every move
nothing goes on except what should
a vast legacy of good

and i don't know if i can uphold it on my own
i don't know if i can uphold it on my own
i don't know if i'm to be trusted
in our room
alone

a man needs a woman or a man to be a man
a man needs a woman or a man to be a man

a light that is explicit
between nine and noon
the light shows a life to things thought dead
like oaken legs and fireworks beneath the bed

fireworks are wasted in the day
i set 'em off anyway
to pass the time, 'til you return
i can't see a thing, 'til you return
maybe a little smoke 'til you return
with fireworks!
more fireworks!
with fireworks!
more fireworks!

and you tell me to wait...
just wait...
wait, just wait...

a man needs a woman or a man to be a man
a man needs a woman or a man to be a man

and when it's good and dark
the sky a wet black
like earth has turned
you say ok
now is time, ok
like earth has turned

above us explode a golden lion dripping red
a blue bear spitting white
a spider of fire on a web of sparks
a green dragon with spiralled eyes
fireworks light the way
fireworks light the way

before us lie many a night
before us lie fireworks in boxes
but only in you
deep in you
only in you
deep in you
is the fire that lights them

a man needs a woman or a man to be a man
a man needs a woman or a man to be a man