1312 – Paul Simon – Kodachrome (1973)

 

Escrita por Paul Simon, foi lançada em 5 de maio de 1973 no disco There goes Rhymin' Simon e depois lançada em 19 de maio no compacto que tinha Tenderness como Lado B. Chegou ao número 2 no Billboard Hot100. Cheou também ao número 2 no Canadá e Nova Zelandia. Kodachrome era um tipo de filme lançado pela Kodak naquela época, que alterava o resultado final da foto, deixando-a mais bonita, ou seja, distante da realidade. Paul Simon cantou e tocou violão. Pete Carr tocou violão. Jimmy Johnson tocou guitarra. David Hood tocou baixo. Roger Hawkins tocou bateria. Barry Beckett tocou piano elétrico Wurlitzer, orgao Hammond e Piano.

A letra:

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah

I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
And brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah

I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome, mm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away, Okay

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