- A Girl Like You –
Edwyn Collins
I've never known a girl like you before.
Now, just like in a song from days of yore.
Here you come a-knocking, knocking on my door
and I've never met a girl like you before.
You give me just a taste so I want more.
Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw
'cause now you got me crawling, crawling on the floor
and I've never known a girl like you before.
You made me acknowledge the devil in me.
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically.
Hope that I'm talking allegorically.
Know that I'm talking 'bout the way I feel
and I've never known a girl like you before.
Never, never, never, never.
Never known a girl like you before.
This old town's changed so much.
Don't feel that I belong.
Too many protest singers.
Not enough protest songs
and now you've come along.
Yes, you've come along
and I've never met a girl like you before.
- Notas: Esta es una canción de amor que el autor escribió como tributo a Iggy
Pop. Trata sobre como se siente una persona enamorada de otra, con la que
encuentra una conexión única que no había experimentado con anterioridad. De
nuevo, es el eterno tema de hablar de lo especial que es la otra persona usando
tanto adjetivos descriptivos, como hablando de los sentimientos que provoca.
- 1. “…yore…”
= Es un término que se
ve tan poco como su traducción (“antaño”), para referirse a épocas pasadas a
las que se quiere referir el cantante.
- 2. “…crawling…”
= “To crawl” es el
movimiento de gateo que hacen los niños hasta que aprenden a andar. En este
caso ese gateo o arrastrase es lo que hace el autor hacia la mujer protagonista
de la canción que le tiene a sus pies.
- 3. “…come
along…” = Es un phrasal verb que tiene muchas acepciones pero que aquí se usa para
indicar que la protagonista irrumpe en su vida.
Now, just like in a song from days of yore.
Here you come a-knocking, knocking on my door
and I've never met a girl like you before.
Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw
'cause now you got me crawling, crawling on the floor
and I've never known a girl like you before.
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically.
Hope that I'm talking allegorically.
Know that I'm talking 'bout the way I feel
and I've never known a girl like you before.
Never, never, never, never.
Never known a girl like you before.
Don't feel that I belong.
Too many protest singers.
Not enough protest songs
and now you've come along.
Yes, you've come along
and I've never met a girl like you before.
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