2320 – Bob Dylan – License to kill (1983)

 

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 13 de abril de 1983, no Power Station Studio, em New York City. Foi lançada no disco Infidels, o vigésimo segundo disco de Bob, em 27 de outubro de 1983. Foi produzida por Mark Knopfler e Bob Dylan. A canção fala do ser humano e sua predileção pela violência e imperialismo. Ele diz: “Man has invented his doom/First step was touching the moon." Fala relação do homem com o planeta, seja política ou científica: “Man thinks because he rules the Earth/He can do with it as he please." Bob Dylan tocou guitarra, gaita, teclado e cantou. Alan Clark tocou teclado. Sly Dunbar tocou bateria e percussão. Mark Knopfler tocou guitarra. Robbie Shakespeare tocou baixo. Mick Taylor tocou guitarra. Benmont Tench tocou teclado.

 

A letra:

 

Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please
And if things don't change soon, he will
Oh, man has invented his doom
First step was touching the moon.

Now there's a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grows still
She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?

Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill
Then they bury him with stars
Sell his body like they do used cars.

Now, there's a woman on my block
She just sit there facing the hill
She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?

Now, he's hell-bent for destruction, he's afraid and confused
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
All he believe are his eyes
And his eyes, they just tell him lies.

But there's a woman on my block
Sitting there in a cold chill
She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?

Ya may be a noisemaker, spirit maker
Heartbreaker, backbreaker
Leave no stone unturned
May be an actor in a plot
That might be all that you got
'Til your error you clearly learn.

Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled
Oh, man is opposed to fair play
He wants it all and he wants it his way.

Now, there's a woman on my blocks
She just sit there as the night grows still
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

 

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