Thursday, March 25, 2010

Nuggets of Wisdom

"Drink away the part of the day you cannot sleep away."
-Modest Mouse

"Once you're dead, the only thing you'll take with you is a fist-full of dirt."
-Ramon Ayala


"Orphan Girl" by Gillian Welch (Spanish Translation)

"Huerfana" de Gillian Welch

Yo soy huerfana
Sobre la carretera de Dios
Pero te contare mi malfortuna
Si me sigues
No tengo madre
Ni padre
Ni hermana
Ni hermano
Yo soy huerfana

He tenido amistades
Puras y doradas
Pero el calor de familia
No lo he conocido
No conozco madre
Ni padre
Ni hermana
Ni hermano
Yo soy huerfana

Pero cuando El me llame
Yo podre
Conozer mi famila
Alrededor la mesa de Dios
Voy a conozer mi madre
Mi padre
Mi hermana
Mi hermano
No mas sere huerfana

Querido Salvador
Da me voluntad
Camina a mi lado
Hasta que este con ellos
Se mi madre
Mi padre
Mi hermana
Mi hermano
Yo soy huerfana

"Bakersfield" by The Deep Dark Woods

"Bakersfield" by The Deep Dark Woods

Seven lonesome ones
We spent inside
Awaiting for the cold soul to stop

If I had me a twenty dollar bill
I would take next train
Down to Bakersfield, Bakersfield

But it's too late for me
'Cause I'm not free
I'm shackled day and night
To these chains that bind
Me ...

Take me back
To those old memories
'Cause why is it that
I can't find some peace
Between my dreams

Louder and louder
Everyday
Why is it that I can't
Try and find
Another way, another way

But it's too late for me
'Cause I'm not free
Well, I'm shackled day and night
To these chains that bind
Me ...

Take me down
To good old baker's town
The southern sunny mountains
How I want them around

I would rest my head
Upon that golden shore
I would wait
For the tide
To roll my blues away
My blues away ...