JUEVES - LYRICS ("A horse with no name")

- A horse with no name – America

On the first part of the journey

I was looking at all the life.

There were plants and birds and rocks and things.

There was sand and hills and rings.

The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz

and the sky with no clouds.

The heat was hot and the ground was dry

but the air was full of sound           .

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

It felt good to be out of the rain.

In the desert you can remember your name

'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.

La, la, la la la la, la la la, la la... (x2)

After two days in the desert sun

my skin began to turn red.

After three days in the desert fun

I was looking at a river bed,

and the story it told of a river that flowed

made me sad to think it was dead.

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

It felt good to be out of the rain.

In the desert you can remember your name

'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.

La, la, la la la la, la la la, la la...

After nine days I let the horse run free

'cause the desert had turned to sea.

There were plants and birds and rocks and things.

There was sand and hills and rings.

The ocean is a desert with its life underground

and a perfect disguise all above.

Under the cities lies a heart made of ground

but the humans will give no love.

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

It felt good to be out of the rain         .

In the desert you can remember your name

'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.

La, la, la la la la, la la la, la la... (x6)

- Notas:  Emmm, sí, la letra de la canción es una fumada total, y de hecho al parecer el compositor la escribió estando hasta arriba de marihuana. Eso sí, aunque al principio se pensó que era una canción sobre las drogas (el “horse” sería el “caballo” o “heroína” como se dice en slang británico), la verdad es que la canción trata realmente sobre un desierto seco.

El grupo América estaba formado por hijos de militares americanos estacionados allí que se casaron con británicas y tuvieron hijos, y la canción es una especial de añoranza del sol y el tiempo seco de alguien que está un poco hasta las narices de aguantar la lluvia continua británica.
- 1. “…journey …” = El “journey” es un viaje espiritual que hace una persona al volver a la tierra de sus antepasados y descubrir su autentico yo y tonterías del estilo, pero en la canción “journey” es el recorrido que se hace al desplazarse de un punto A al punto B.