1954 – Paul McCartney – Old Siam, sir (1979)

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi gravada em 23 de julho de 1978 e lançada em 1 de junho de 1979, em um compacto que tinha Spin it on como Lado B. Saiu também em 8 de junho no disco Back to egg, o sétimo e último disco que saiu com o nome dos Wings. Foi produzida por Paul McCartney e Chris Thomas. Chegou ao número 35 no Reino Unido e número 29 na Irlanda. A sequencia de acordes da parte instrumental foi criada por Steve Holley. Paul cantou, tocou baixo e guitarra. Linda tocou teclado. Denny laine tocou guitarra. Laurence Juber tocou guitarra. Steve Holley tocou bateria.

A letra:

In a village in Old Siam, sir
Lived a lady who lost her way
In an effort to find a man, sir
She found herself in the old UK

She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough
She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough

In the village in old East End, sir
She met a fellow who made her reel
Took her rushes to show his mam, sir
Met his dad at the wedding meal

In a letter from old siam, sir
Came a terrible tale of woe
She decided the only answer
Was to get up a pile of dough

She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough
She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough

When a relative told her man, sir
He directed her not to stay
In a village in Old Siam, sir
Lives a lady who lost her way

In a village in Old Siam, sir
Lived a lady who lost her way
In an effort to find a man, sir
She found herself in the old UK

She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough
She waited 'round in Walthamstow
She scouted 'round in Scarborough

In a village in Old Siam, sir
Lived a lady who lost her way
In an effort to find a man, sir
She found herself in the old UK

A versão de Paul McCartney and Wings:

1953 – Leonard Cohen – Ballad of the absent mare (1979)

 

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada entre abril e maio de 1979 e lançada no disco Recent songs, o sexto disco de Leonard. Foi produzida por Leonard Cohen e Henry Lewy. Leonard se inspirou em um texto chinês do século 12 chamado Ten bulls, que ele conheceu através de Joshu Sasaki. Tem também o uso de uma banda de Mariachi. Foi regravada por Emmylou Harris, entre outros artistas. Leonard cantou e tocou violão. Mitch Watkins, Ricardo Gonzalez e Filipe Peres tocaram guitarra. Everado Sandoval tocou “guitarrón”. Abraham Laboriel tocou baixo. John Lissaeur tocou piano. Garth Hudson tocou acordeon. Bill Ginn tocou piano elétrico. Steve Meador tocou bateria.

A letra:

Say a prayer for the cowboy
His mare's run away
And he'll walk til he finds her
His darling, his stray
But the river's in flood
And the roads are awash
And the bridges break up
In the panic of loss.

And there's nothing to follow
There's nowhere to go
She's gone like the summer
Gone like the snow
And the crickets are breaking
His heart with their song
As the day caves in
And the night is all wrong

Did he dream, was it she
Who went galloping past
And bent down the fern
Broke open the grass
And printed the mud with
The iron and the gold
That he nailed to her feet
When he was the lord

And although she goes grazing
A minute away
He tracks her all night
He tracks her all day
Oh blind to her presence
Except to compare
His injury here
With her punishment there

Then at home on a branch
In the highest tree
A songbird sings out
So suddenly
Ah the sun is warm
And the soft winds ride
On the willow trees
By the river side

Oh the world is sweet
The world is wide
And she's there where
The light and the darkness divide
And the steam's coming off her
She's huge and she's shy
And she steps on the moon
When she paws at the sky

And she comes to his hand
But she's not really tame
She longs to be lost
He longs for the same
And she'll bolt and she'll plunge
Through the first open pass
To roll and to feed
In the sweet mountain grass

Or she'll make a break
For the high plateau
Where there's nothing above
And there's nothing below
And it's time for the burden
It's time for the whip
Will she walk through the flame
Can he shoot from the hip

So he binds himself
To the galloping mare
And she binds herself
To the rider there
And there is no space
But there's left and right
And there is no time
But there's day and night

And he leans on her neck
And he whispers low
"Whither thou goest
I will go"
And they turn as one
And they head for the plain
No need for the whip
Ah, no need for the rein

Now the clasp of this union
Who fastens it tight?
Who snaps it asunder
The very next night
Some say the rider
Some say the mare
Or that love's like the smoke
Beyond all repair

But my darling says
"Leonard, just let it go by
That old silhouette
On the great western sky"
So I pick out a tune
And they move right along
And they're gone like the smoke
And they're gone like this song

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

1952 – George Harrison – Soft touch (1979)

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e outubro de 1978 e lançada no disco George Harrison, o oitavo disco dele, em 14 de fevereiro de 1978. Foi produzida por George Harrison e Russ Titelman. Foi escrita nas Ilhas Virgens, em uma viagem com a futura esposa Olivia Arias, depois da gravação do disco Thirty three and 1/3 em 1976. Soft touch era o apelido que Jim Keltner deu a George, pela sua personalidade generosa com seus amigos e músicos. A melodia dessa música é inspirada na melodia de sopros que tinha na música Run of the mill, dele de 1970. George cantou, tocou violão, guitarra, slide guitar e fez backing vocals. Steve Winwood tocou sintetizador. Neil Larsen tocou orgão. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Ray Cooper tocou congas.

A letra:

You're a soft touch baby
Like a snowflake falling
My whole heart is melting

As a warm sun rises
Into joy, I'm sailing
To your soft touch baby

Eyes that shine from depths of your soul
Fixed by their charm, take my control
Love so sweet as the ocean is wide
Caught by your waves and drawn to your side

As a cool wind blows me
All the treetops whisper
To your soft touch baby

As a new moon rises
Those ideas of Heaven
Fall in your soft touch, baby

Eyes that shine from depths of your soul
Fixed by their charm, take my control
Love so sweet as the ocean is wide
Caught by your waves and drawn to your side

You're a soft touch baby
Like a snowflake falling
My whole heart is melting

As a warm sun rises
Into joy I'm sailing
To your soft touch baby

You're a soft touch baby
Yes, I love that soft touch
Hmm, that soft touch

You're a soft touch baby
Yes, I love that soft touch

A versão de George Harrison:

1951 – Supertramp – Child of vision (1979)

 

Escrita por Roger Hogson, foi gravada entre maio e dezembro de 1978 e lançada no disco Breakfast in America, o sexto disco da banda. Foi produzida por Supertramp e Peter Henderson. Rick Davies cantou e tocou teclado. Roger Hodgson cantou, tocou teclado e guitarra. John Helliwel tocou sax, cantou e tocou woodwinds. Bob Siebenberg tocou bateria. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. Slyde Hyde tocou tuba e trombone. É a canção que fecha o disco. Assim como em Logical song, o piano elétrico Wurlitzer é o instrumento principal da canção. Depois da parte da letra, a canção vai pra um longo solo, tocado por um grande piano, ao lado do Wurlitzer. Acaba com um solo de sax curto, feito por John Helliwell. Roger disse que a canção foi escrita com pensamento similar à Gone Hollywood, que olha pra maneira de viver dos americanos.

A letra:

Well, who do you think you're foolin'?
You say you're havin fun
But you're busy going nowhere
Just lyin' in the sun

You tried to be a hero
Commit the perfect crime
But the dollar got you dancing
And you're running out of time

And you're messin' up the water
And you're rollin' in the wine
And you're poisoning your body
And you're poisoning your mind

And you gave me Coca-Cola
'Cause you said it tasted good
And you watch the television
'Cause it tells you that you should

Ooh, how can you live in this way?
(Why do you think it's so strange?)
You must have something to say?
(Tell me why should I change?)
There must be more than this life
It's time we did something right
I said

Child of vision
Won't you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition

I've heard it all before
You're saying nothing new
I thought I saw a rainbow
But I guess it wasn't true

And you cannot make me listen
And I cannot make you hear
So you'll find your way to heaven
I'll meet you when you're there

How can you live in this way?
(Why do you think it's so strange?)
You must have something to say?
(You tell me why should I change?)
We have no reason to fight
'Cause we both know that we're right
I said

Child of vision
Won't you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition

A versão do Supertramp:

1950 – Pink Floyd – Goodbye blue sky (1979)

 

Escrita por Roger Waters, foi gravada entre abril e novembro de 1979, e lançada em 30 de novembro de 1979, no disco The Wall, o décimo primeiro disco da banda. Foi produzida por Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin e James Guthrie. Num breve prólogo, se ouve um skylark cantando. O som das bombas se aproximando chama a atenção de uma criança. Quem falou na gravação foi o filho de Roger Waters, Harry Waters. Ele diz: "Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky". A letra descreve a memória da blitz: “Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? ... The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on”. David Gilmour canta e faz harmonias vocais, toca violão, baixo e sintetizador. Roger Waters toca sintetizador. Richard Wright toca sintetizador. Harry Waters faz a voz da criança. Foi regravada pelo Yes, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Look, Mummy. There's an airplane up in the sky

Did, did, did, did you see the frightened ones?
Did, did, did, did you hear the falling bombs?
Did, did, did, did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Did, did, did, did you see the frightened ones?
Did, did, did, did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on

Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye

The Eleven Fifteen from Newcastle is now approaching

The Elven eighteen arrival

A versão do Pink Floyd:

A versão do Heart:

A versão do Yes:

1949 – Dire Straits – Single handed sailor (1979)

 

Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre 28 de novembro e 12 de dezembro de 1978, no Compass Point, em Nassau e lançada em 5 de junho de 1979 no disco Communiqué, o segundo disco da banda. Foi produzida por Barry Beckett e Jerry Wexler. Mark Knopfler cantou, tocou guitarra solo e base. David Knopfler tocou guitarra base e fez backing vocals. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria. Barry Beckett tocou teclado.

A letra:

Two in the morning, dry-dock town
The river roll away in the night
Little gypsy moth, she's all tied down
She quiver in the wind and the light

Yeah, and the sailing ship just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just a lying there, silent in pain
He lean on the tourist rail

A mother and her baby and the college of war
In the concrete graves
You never wanna fight against the river law
Nobody rules the waves

Yeah, and on a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Around the Cutty Sark
The single-handed sailor goes sailing
Sailing away in the dark

He's up on the bridge on the self-same night
The mariner of dry dock land
Two in the morning but there's one green light
And a man on a barge of sand

She's a gonna slip away below him
Away from things he's done
But he just shouts, "Hey man, what you call this thing?"
He could have said "Pride of London"

On a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Around the Cutty Sark
Yeah, the single-handed sailor goes sailing
Sailing away in the dark

A versão do Dire Straits:

A versão de José Churruca:

1948 – Paul McCartney – Getting closer (1979)

 

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi gravada em 10 de setembro de 1978 e lançada em 5 de junho de 1979, em um compacto com Baby's request como Lado A. Saiu também no disco Back to the egg, o sétimo e último disco de Paul com a banda Wings. Foi produzida por Paul McCartney e Chris Thomas. Foi composta em maio de 1973, quando Paul estava de férias com o ator Dustin Hoffman, em Montego Bay, na Jamaica. A canção tem influencias de Punk e New Wave, as novas ondas do momento. Chegou ao número 20 no Billboard Hot100, número 60 no Reino Unido, número 18 no Canadá, número 24 na Irlanda, número 29 na Holanda e número 57 na Austrália. Paul cantou, tocou baixo, guitarra elétrica e Mellotron. Linda tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Denny Laine tocou guitarra, violão e fez backing vocals. Laurence Juber tocou guitarra e violão Ovation. Steve Holley tocou bateria.

A letra:

Say You Don't Love Him, My Salamander.
Why Do You Need Him?
Oh No, Don't Answer, Oh No.

I'm Getting Closer,
I'm Getting Closer To Your Heart.

Keeping Ahead Of The Rain On The Road,
Watching My Windscreen Wipers.
Radio Play Me A Danceable Ode,
Cattle Beware Of Snipers.

When Will You See Me, My Salamander?
Now Don't Try To Tell Me
Oh No, Don't Answer, Oh No.

L'm Getting Closer,
I'm Getting Closer To Your Heart.

Hitting The Chisel And Making A Joint,
Glueing My Fingers Together.
Radio Play Me A Song With A Point,
Sailor Beware Of Weather.

L'm Getting Closer, My Salamander.
Well When Will We Be There?
Ah No, Don't Answer, Oh No.

L'm Getting Closer,
I'm Getting Closer To Your Heart.
I'm Getting Closer To Your Heart.
I'm Getting Closer To Your Heart.

A versão de Paul McCartney e Wings:

A versão dos Faries:

A versão de Jash of Flying Horses:

1947 – Leonard Cohen – The guests (1979)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada entre abril e maio de 1979 e lançada no disco Recent Songs, o sexto disco de Leonard, em 27 de setembro de 1979. Foi produzida por Henry Lewy e Leonard Cohen. A canção foi baseada em um poema do século 13 e foi escolhida pra abrir o disco por causa da resposta animada quando Leonard a tocava pros amigos. Tem uma banda mexicana Mariachi que toca na gravação. Leonard cantou e tocou violão. Mitch Watkins, Ricardo Gonzalez e Filipe Peres tocaram guitarra. Everado Sandoval tocou “guitarrón”. Abraham Laboriel tocou baixo. John Lissaeur tocou piano. Garth Hudson tocou acordeon. Bill Ginn tocou piano elétrico. Steve Meador tocou bateria.

A letra:

One by one, the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now

And those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And "Welcome, welcome" cries a voice
"Let all my guests come in."

And no one knows where the night is going ...

And all go stumbling through that house
in lonely secrecy
Saying "Do reveal yourself"
or "Why has thou forsaken me?"

And no one knows where the night is going ...

All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion

And no one knows where the night is going ...

And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast
Beyond the garden wall

And no one knows where the night is going ...

Those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
Those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again

And no one knows where the night is going ...

One by the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few

And no one knows where the night is going ...

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

A versão de Anthony and The Johnsons:

1946 – George Harrison – Love comes to everyone (1979)

 

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e outubro de 1978, foi lançada em 14 de fevereiro de 1978 no disco George Harrison, o oitavo disco da carreira de George. Saiu também em compacto, com Soft-hearted Hana como Lado B, em 20 de abril de 1979. Foi produzida por Russ Titelman e George Harrison. Fala de amor humano e espiritual. Eric Clapton toca guitarra na gravação, voltando a amizade dos dois que havia se rompido em 1974, quando Eric se envolveu com Patti Boyd, então esposa de George. Eric Clapton gravou-a em 2005, no disco Back home, como um tributo a George. George cantou e fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra. Neil Larsen tocou piano e orgão. Steve Winwood fez backing vocals e tocou sintetizador. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Ray Cooper tocou percussão. Zizi Possi gravou uma versão em português chamada O amor vem pra cada um, no LP Pra sempre e mais um dia, de 1983.

A letra:

Go do it,
Got to go through that door
There's no easy was out at all
Still it only takes time
'Til love comes to everyone

For you who it always seems blue
It all comes, it never rains
But it pours,
Still it only takes time
'Til love comes to everyone

There in your heart
Something that's never changing
Always a part of
Something that's never aging
That's in your heart

It's so true it can happen to you all there
Knock and it will open wide
And it only takes time
'Til love comes to everyone

A versão de George Harrison:

A versão de Eric Clapton:

A versão de Zizi Possi:

1945 – Supertramp – Lord is it mine (1979)

 

Escrita por Roger Hogson, foi gravada entre maio e dezembro de 1978 e lançada no disco Breakfast in America, o sexto disco da banda. Foi produzida por Supertramp e Peter Henderson. Rick Davies cantou e tocou teclado. Roger Hodgson cantou, tocou teclado e guitarra. John Helliwel tocou sax, cantou e tocou woodwinds. Bob Siebenberg tocou bateria. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. Slyde Hyde tocou tuba e trombone.

A letra:

I know that there's a reason why I need to be alone
You show me there's a silent place that I can call my own
Is it mine
Oh Lord is it mine

You know I get so weary from the battles in this life
And there's many times it seems that you're the only hope in sight
Is it mine
Oh Lord is it mine

When everything's dark
And nothing seems right
There's nothing to win
And there's no need to fight

I never cease to wonder at the cruelty of this land
But it seems a time of sadness is a time to understand
Is it mine
Oh Lord is it mine

When everything's dark
And nothing seems right
You don't have to win
And there's no need to fight

If only I could find a way to feel your sweetness through the day
The love that shines around me could be mine
So give us an answer won't you
We know what we have to do
There must be a thousand voices try ing to get through

Ohh
Ohh

A versão do Supertramp:

A versão do Caracas Metropolitan District:

A versão de Daniel Mason:

1944 – Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall (Part 3) (1979)

 

Escrita por Roger Waters, foi gravada entre abril e novembro de 1979 no disco The Wall, o décimo primeiro da banda, em 30 de novembro de 1979. Foi produzida por Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin e James Guthrie. Na parte 3, depois de um crise nervosa violenta, o personagem Pink coloca todo mundo que ele conhece na condição de apenas tijolos na parede. Roger Waters tocou baixo, David Gilmour tocou guitarra, Nick Mason tocou bateria e Richard Wright tocou sintetizador.

A letra:

This Roman meal bakery thought you'd like to know

I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I need anything at all

No, don't think I'll need anything at all

All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall

A versão do Pink Floyd:

1943 – Dire Straits – News (1979)

Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre 28 de novembro e 12 de dezembro de 1978, no Compass Point, em Nassau e lançada em 5 de junho de 1979 no disco Communiqué, o segundo disco da banda. Foi produzida por Barry Beckett e Jerry Wexler. Mark Knopfler cantou, tocou guitarra solo e base. David Knopfler tocou guitarra base e fez backing vocals. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria. Barry Beckett tocou teclado.

A letra:

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
Ah, but I won't play to lose

He's burning the grass
He take up a glass
He swallow it neat
He crosses the floor
He open the door
He take a sniff of the street

And she tell him that he's crazy
She's a-saying listen baby
I'm your wife
She tell him that he's crazy
For gambling a-with his life

But he climbs on his horse
You know he feel no remorse
He just kicks it alive
His motor is fine
He take it over the line
Until he's ready to dive

And she tell him that he's crazy
Yes she's saying listen baby
I'm your wife
Yeah she tell him that he's crazy
For gambling with his life

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He says it's a shame
You know it may be a game
Ah but I won't play to lose

He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He's too fast to stop
He take it over the top
He make a line in the news

A versão do Dire Straits:

A versão de Jose Churruca:

1942 – The Police – Message in a bottle (1979)

Escrita por Sting, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1979 no Surray Sound Studios e lançada em 7 de setembro de 1979 no compacto que tinha Landlord como Lado B. Saiu também no segundo disco da banda, Regatta de Blanc, em 5 de outubro de 1979. Foi produzida por Nigel Gray e The Police. Fala de um náufrago em uma ilha que manda uma mensagem em uma garrafa procurando amor. Depois de um ano sem receber resposta, ele entra em desespero, sabendo que vai ficar sozinho pra sempre. No dia seguinte, no entanto, chega um bilhão de garrafas e ele entende que existem mais pessoas solitárias como ele. A revista Rolling Stone disse que ela era a número 65 da sua lista das 100 greatest guitar songs of all time. Foi o primeiro número 1 da banda no Reino Unido, mas só chegou ao número 74 nos Estados Unidos, no Billboard Hot 100. Chegou ao número 1 na Irlanda. Número 2 no Canadá e Holanda. Chegou ao número 5 na Austrália e Bélgica. Número 11 na Nova Zelandia, número 20 na Suécia, número 21 na Itália, número 24 na Áustria e número 35 na Alemanha Ocidental. Andy Summers disse que é a melhor música do Police. Sting tocou baixo e cantou. Stewart Copeland tocou bateria e percussão e Andy Summers tocou guitarra.

A letra:

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life or love can break your heart

I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Oh, message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

Walked out this morning, I don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home

I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, oh
Message in a bottle, yeah

Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
I'm sending out an S.O.S
I'm sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S

Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S

Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S
Sending out an S.O.S

A versão do Police:

A versão de Best Night Ever:

A versão de Sting ao vivo:

1941 – Leonard Cohen – The gypsy's wife (1979)

Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada entre abril e maio de 1979 e lançada em 27 de setembro de 1979, no disco Recent songs, o sexto disco de Leonard. Foi produzida por Henry Levy e Leonard Cohen. O tema fala de uma infidelidade sexual. Sempre existem músicas que falam de uma moça bem nascida que fugiu com um cigano. No caso da canção de Cohen, ele é o cigano que chega em casa e não encontra sua esposa. Faz referencias bíblicas sobre Judite, Salomé, Ruth, e passagens do Genesis 7-8, a história de Noé e a Arca. Foi feita pra sua esposa, cuja qual ele estava se separando na época, Suzanne Elrod. Ela é a mãe dos dois filhos de Leonard.

A letra:

And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight
I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right
But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor
whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

Ah the silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe
A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee
She says, "My body is the light, my body is the way"
I raise my arm against it all and I catch the bride's bouquet

And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove
These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
And there is no man or woman who can't be touched
But you who come between them will be judged

And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

A versão de Leonard Cohen:

1940 – George Harrison – Your love is forever (1979)

 

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e outubro de 1978 e lançada em 14 de fevereiro de 1979 no disco George Harrison, o oitavo disco de George. Foi produzida por George Harrison e Russ Titelman. A letra tem ambiguidade de um amor romantico e também por Deus. Geprge cantou, tocou guitarra, slide guitar e fez backing vocals. Steve Winwood tocou sintetizador. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Andy Newmark tocou bateria.

A letra:

Sublime in the summertime, warm and lazy. . .
These are perfect days like Heaven's about here
But unlike summer came and went
Your love is forever
I feel it and my heart knows
That we share it together

Resigned to the wintertime's cold and dreary
Peering into fire flames, burning I know
That unlike winter came and went
Your love is forever
I feel it and my heart knows
That we share it together

I feel it and my heart knows you're the one
The guiding light in all your love shines on
The only lover worth it all
Your love is forever

A versão de George Harrison: