2040 – Dire Straits – Les Boys (1980)

 

Escrita Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre junho e agosto de 1980, no Power Station Studios, em New York City e lançada no disco Making movies, o terceiro da banda, em 17 de outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Mark Knopfler e Jimmy Iovine. Mark Knopfler tocou guitarra e cantou. John Illsley tocou baixo e cantou. Pick Withers tocou bateria e cantou. Roy Bittan tocou teclado e Sid McGinnis tocou guitarra.

A letra:

Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
They're not afraid now
A disco bar in Germany
Les boys are glad to be
Upon parade now

Les boys got leather straps
Les boys got SS caps
But they got no gun now
Get dressed up get a little risqué
Got to do a little s & m these days
It's all in fun now

Les boys come on again
For the high class whores
And the businessmen
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz
To a disco bar in old München

Well now they get the jokes that the d.j. makes
They get so nervous and they make mistakes
They're bad for business
Some tourist take a photograph (take a photograph)
Les boys don't get one laugh
He says they're useless

Les boys come on again
For the high class whores
And the businessmen
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz
To a disco bar in old München

Late at night when they've gone away
Les boys dream of Jean Genet
High heel shoes and a black beret
And the posters on the wall that say
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys do cabaret

A versão do Dire Straits:

2039 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Zion train (1980)

 

Escrita por Bob Marley, fo gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1980 e lançada no disco Uprising, o décimo segundo disco de Bob e último antes dele morrer. Foi produzida por Chris Blackwell e Bob Marley. Bob cantou, tocou guitarra e violão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, piano e percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo e backing vocals. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

Zion train is coming our way
The Zion train is coming our way
Oh, people, get on board! (You better get on board!)
Thank the Lord (Praise Fari)
I gotta catch a train, 'cause there is no other station
Then you going in the same direction (Ooh-ooh)

Zion train is coming our way
The Zion train is coming our way

Which man can save his brother's soul? (Save your brother's soul)
Oh man, it's just self control (Oo-hoo-oo!)
Don't gain the world and lose your soul (Just don't lose your soul)
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
To the bridge (Ooh-ooh!)

Oh, where there's a will
There's always a way
Where there's a will
There's always a way (Way, way, way, way)

Soul train is coming our way, er!
Zion train is coming our way

Two thousand years of history (History)
Could not be wiped away so easily
Two thousand years of history (Black history)
Could not be wiped so easily (Could not be wiped so easily)

Oh, children, Zion train is comin' our way, get on board now!
They said the Zion train is comin' our way
You got a ticket, so thank the Lord!

Zion train is
Zion train is
Zion train is
Zion train

They said the soul train is coming our way
They said the soul train is coming our way

A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:

A versão de Avis Ramley:

 

A versão de Casely:

2038 – U2 – A day without me (1980)

 

Escrita por Bono Vox, The Edge, Adam Clayton e Larry Mullen Jr., foi gravada em 1980 e lançada em 18 de agosto de 1980, no compacto que tinha Things to make and do, instrumental, como Lado B. Sairia também no disco Boy, o de estréia da banda, em 20 de outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Na verdade foi a primeira música que ele produziu com a banda. A letra fala de remover uma pessoa do seu círculo social habitual e reflete sobre o que seria o mundo sem a presença dessa pessoa.

A letra:

Starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind

I'm dreaming
You're awake
If I were sleeping
What's at stake
A day without me

Whatever the feelings
I keep feeling
What are the feelings
You left behind

Today's a day without me

I started a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind

In the world I left behind
Wipe their eyes, and then let go
To the world I left behind
Shed a tear, and then let go

A versão do U2:

A versão do Lemon Chile:

2037 – Bruce Springsteen – Independence day (1980)

 

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em 24 e 25 de abril de 1980, no Power Station Studio, em New York City e lançada em 17 de outubro de 1980, no disco The River, o quinto de Bruce. Sairia também em compacto, que tinha The River como Lado A, em maio de 1981. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt e Jon Landau. Bruce disse que o coração e a alma do disco eram Independence day, Point blank, Stolen car e The River. Ou seja, é uma das quatro canções mais importantes do disco pro próprio Bruce. Fala de um lar que já não pode mais ter pai e filho juntos no mesmo teto. A canção é cantada do filho falando pro pai. Começa com a frase: “Papa go to bed now, it's getting late”, mudando a ordem natural que era o pai dizendo isso pro filho. O filho então reconhece que apesar de algumas similaridades, eles dois brigam demais e é hora do filho partir. É conhecida como melhor trabalho vocal de Bruce, com uma sinceridade brutal que fortalece a canção. Foi escrita ainda em 1977. Bruce cantou e tocou guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence Clemons tocou sax e pandeiro. Danny Federici tocou orgão. Gary Tallent tocou baixo. Steve Van Zandt tocou guitarra. Max Weinberg tocou bateria.

A letra:

Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate
We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow
Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
There's a darkness in this town that's got us too
But they can't touch me now
And you can't touch me now
They ain't gonna do to me
What I watched them do to you

So say goodbye it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day
All down the line
Just say goodbye it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day this time

Now I don't know what it always was with us
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind

Well say goodbye it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day all boys must run away
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
All men must make their way come Independence Day

Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint
And the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point
There's a lot of people leaving town now
Leaving their friends, their homes
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone

Well Papa go to bed now, it's getting late
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Because there's just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways
And soon everything we've known will just be swept away

So say goodbye it's Independence Day
Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say
But won't you just say goodbye it's Independence Day
I swear I never meant to take those things away

A versão de Bruce Springsteen:

2036 – Neil Young – Captain Kennedy (1980)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 11 de agosto de 1976, no Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, em Malibu, na California e lançada em 29 de outubro de 1980, no disco Hawks and Doves, o décimo segundo disco de Neil. Foi produzida por Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan e Neil Young. Na gravação, só temos Neil tocando violão e cantando. Nenhum outro músico. Fala sobre a vida de Lou Kennedy, um mercador marinho que teve seu barco destruído por um barco alemão em agosto de 1941. Neil estava de ferias em Nassau, nas Bahamas e conheceu Kennedy no começo dos anos 70 e conheceu sua história e compôs essa música em sua homenagem.

A letra:

I am a young mariner headed to war
I'm thinking about my family and what it was for
There's water on the wood and the sails feel good
And when I get to shore
I hope that I can kill good

My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy
He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea
Exploded on the water for everyone to see
And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy

I saw him in Nassau in nineteen-seventy one
His strength was failing but he still ran a run
He worked until his fingers wore to the bone
To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own

He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron
That steel hull freighter was passing its time
And time flew by faster with life on the sea
And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy

I am a young mariner headed to war
I'm thinking about my family and what it was for
There's water on the wood and the sails feel good
And when I get to shore
I hope that I can kill good

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Michael Hedges:

A versão de J. D. Delves:

2035 – John Lennon – I'm losing you (1980)

 

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada entre agosto e outubro de 1980 e lançada em 17 de novembro de 1980, no disco Double Fantasy, o quinto e último disco de John em vida. Foi produzida por John, Yoko e Jack Douglas. Foi composta nas Bermudas em junho de 1980, depois de várias tentativas de John de ligar pra Yoko, sem sucesso de alcança-la. Yoko estava em New York City. O fato dele não atender o telefone levou-o a analisar como andava o casamento como um todo. Ele admite na letra que o relacionamento não está bom, que ele havia machucado a esposa mas ele também ressentia o fato dele não poder fazê-la esquecer desses erros cometidos. Ele também diz que esses erros ocorreram há muito tempo atrás, não fazia sentido ficar guardando ressentimentos. Foi regravada pelo Cheap Trick, entre outros artistas. John cantou e tocou guitarra ritmica. Earl Slick e Hugh McCracken tocaram guitarra solo. Tony Levin tocou baixo. George Small tocou teclado. Andy Newmark tocou bateria e Arthur Jenkins tocou percussão.

A letra:

Here in some stranger's room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all?
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Somehow the wires have crossed
Communication's lost
Can't even get you on the telephone
Just got to shout about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Well, here in the valley of indecision
I don't know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Well now you say you're not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad, bad, bad stuff
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a band-aid on it?
And stop the bleeding now
Stop the bleeding now
Well...

I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Well, well, well
I know I hurt you then
But hell, that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross? (Drop it!)
Don't wanna hear about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

Don't wanna lose you now
Well...
No, no, no, no...

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão do Cheap Trick:

Mark Hudson com Earl Slick (que gravou com John originalmente a música):

2034 – Dire Straits – Solid rock (1980)

Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre junho e agosto de 1980, no Power Station Studios, em New York City e lançada em 17 de outubro de 1980, no disco Making Movies, o terceiro do Dire Straits. Foi produzida por Mark Knopfler e Jimmy Iovine. Mark Knopfler cantou e tocou guitarras. John Illsley tocou baixo e cantou. Pick Withers tocou bateria e cantou. Roy Bittan tocou teclados e Sid McGinnis tocou guitarra.

A letra:

Well, now take a look at that I made a castle in the sand
Saying "This is where it's at", you couldn't understand now
If I realized that the chances were slim
How come I'm so surprised when the tide rolled in?

Gonna live on solid rock
Gonna live on solid rock
Wanna give, I don't wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid rock

Well, I'm sick of potential, I'm sick of vanity now
I'm sticking to essential reality now
I don't know what's worse, try to make a silk purse
Living an illusion, in confusion

Gonna live on solid rock
Gonna live on solid rock
Gonna live, I don't wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid rock

You own a house of cards, never built for shock
You could blow it down in any kind of weather
Now you take two solid rocks, two solid blocks
You know they're gonna stick
Yeah, they're gonna stick together
Oh-oh-oh

Yeah, because the heart that you break
That's the one that you rely on
The bed that you make
That's the one you gotta lie on
When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through
You got three more fingers pointing back at you yeah

Gonna live on solid rock
I'm gonna live on solid rock
I wanna give, I don't wanna feel blocked
I'm gonna live on solid

Rock, rock, solid rock
Rock, rock, solid rock
I wanna give, I don't wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid

Rock, rock, solid rock
Rock, rock, solid rock
I wanna give, I don't wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid, solid, solid, solid rock
Solid rock, rock
Solid rock, rock

A versão do Dire Straits:

2033 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Work (1980)

 

 

Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1980, no Tuff Gong Studios, em Kingston, Jamaica. Saiu no disco Uprising, o décimo segundo disco de Bob Marley and The Wailers, em 10 de junho de 1980. Foi produzida por Bob Marley e Chris Blakwell. Bob cantou, tocou guitarra e violão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, piano e percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo e backing vocals. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

We, Jah people, can make it work
Come together and make it work, yeah!
We can make it work
We can make it work

Five days to go: working for the next day
Four days to go: working for the next day
Say we got: three days to go now: working for the next day
Two days to go (ooh): working for the next day, yeah
Say we got: one day to go: working for the
Every day is work - work - work - work!

We can make it work
We can make it work

We, Jah people, can make it work
Come together and make it work
We can make it work
We can make it work

We got: five days to go work, oh! - working for the next day, yeah!
Four days to go: working for the
Three days to go now: working for the next day, yeah!
Two days to go: working for the next day
Say we got: one day to go now: working for
Every day is work, watch a!
(Work!) I work in the mid-day sun
(Work!) I work 'til the evening come!
(Work!) If yeah aren't I got nothing to do!
(Work!) Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo-oo-ooh!
(Work!)

A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:

A versão de Ganjah Solution:

A versão de Roots of Spirits and Reggaenerators:

2032 – U2 – The Ocean (1980)

Escrita por Bono Vox, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. e Adam Clayton, foi gravada entre julho e setembro de 1980 e lançada no disco Boy, o disco de estreia da banda, em 20 de outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Eles escreveram essa canção no estúdio, durante as gravações. Fala sobre ambição juvenil. Menciona o livro de Oscar Wilde O retrato de Dorian Gray. Bono cantou e tocou glockenspiel. The Edge tocou guitarra, fez backing vocals e tocou glockenspiel. Adam Clayton tocou baixo e Larry Mullen Jr. tocou bateria.

A letra:

A picture in grey
Dorian Gray
Just me by the sea

And I felt like a star
I felt the world could go far
If they listened
To what I said, the sea

Washes my feet
Washes the feet
Splashes the soul of my shoes

A versão do U2:

2031 – Bruce Springsteen – The river (1980)

 

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em agosto de 1979, no Power Station Studios, em New York City e lançada no disco de mesmo nome, The River, o quinto de Bruce, em 17 de outubro de 1980. Sairia também em compacto fora dos Estados Unidos, em abril de 1981, com Independence day como Lado B. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau e Steven Van Zandt. Chegou ao número 24 na Irlanda, número 25 na Holanda e foi Top 10 na Suécia e Noruega. Fala da história da sua irmã e seu cunhado. A imagem do refrão foi inspirada em Long gone lonesome blues, de Hank Williams. Bruce cantou, tocou gaita e tocou guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence Clemons tocou pandeiro. Danny Federici tocou orgão. Garry Tallent tocou baixo. Steven Van Zandt tocou guitarra e fez harmonias vocais. Max Weinberg tocou bateria.

A letra:

I come from down in the valley
Where, mister, when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We drive out of this valley
Down to where the fields were green
We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And man, that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we did ride
Yeah, yeah

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work
On account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet, down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
That sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh, down to the river we ride-ide

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

A versão de Bruce Springsteen:

A versão de Lex Henrikson:

A versão do Passenger:

2030 – Neil Young – Little wing (1980)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 21 de janeiro de 1975, no Village Recorders, em Los Angeles e lançada no disco Hawks and Doves, em 29 de outubro de 1980. É o décimo primeiro disco de Neil. Foi produzida por Neil Young, Elliot Mazer e Tim Mulligan. Neil cantou, tocou violão e gaita. Ele está sozinho na gravação.

A letra:

All her friends call her Little Wing
But she flies rings around them all
She comes to town when the children sing
And leaves them feathers if they fall
She leaves her feathers if they fall

Little Wing, don't fly away
When the summer turns to fall
Don't you know some people say
The winter is the best time of them all
Winter is the best of all

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Michael Hedges:

2029 – John Lennon – Watching the wheels (1980)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em 1980 e lançada no disco Double Fantasy, o quinto e último disco de John em vida. Sairia também em compacto, em 13 de março de 1981, com Yes I'm your angel como Lado B.Foi produzida por John Lenno Yoko Ono e Jack Douglas. Fala sobre os cinco anos em que ele ficou em casa pra criar seu flho Sean. Tem uma harpa daquelas que tinha as cordas e as notas, em formato de trapézio, chamada Hammered Dulcimer. Pegaram um cara que tocava na rua chamado Matthew Cunninhgham pra tocar esse instrumento. John tocou piano e cantou. Earl Slick e Hugh McCracken tocaram as guitarras. Tony Levin tocou baixo. George Small tocou Fender Rhodes. Eric Troyer tocou sintetizador. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Matthew Cunningham tocou hammer dulcimer. Atrhur Jenkins tocou percussão. Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks e Eric Troyer fizeram backing vocals. Chegou ao número 10 no Billboard Hot100, número 30 no Reino Unido, número 3 no Canadá, número 6 na Suíça, número 12 na Áustria, número 20 na Irlanda, número 45 na Austrália e número 46 na Alemanha.

A letra:

People say I'm crazy
Doin' what I'm doin'
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin

When I say that I'm okay
Well, they look at me kinda strange
Surely you're not happy now
You no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy
Dreamin' my life away
Well, they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me

When I tell them that I'm doin' fine
Watchin' shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time, boy?
You're no longer on the ball

I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer ridin' on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

People askin' questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem
Only solutions

Well, they shake their heads
And they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sittin' here doin' time

I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer ridin' on the merry-go-rounds
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Chris Cornell:

A versão de Chris Robinson Brotherhood:

2028 – Dire Straits – Hand in hand (1980)

Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre junho e agosto de 1980 e lançada no disco Making movies, o terceiro da banda. .Foi produzida por Jimmy Iovine e Mark Knopfler. Mark Knopfler tocou guitarra e cantou. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Roy Bittan tocou teclado.

A letra:

The sky is crying, the streets are full of tears
Rain come down, wash away my fears
And all this writing on the wall
Oh, I can read between the lines

Rain come down, forgive this dirty town
Rain come down, and give this dirty town
A drink of water, a drink of wine

If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

As you'd sleep, I'd think my heart would break in two
I'd kiss your cheek, I'd stop myself from waking you
But in the dark you'd speak my name
You'd say, "Baby what's wrong?"

Oh, here I am baby, I'm coming back for more
I'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore
Yes, and if my love's in vain, how come my love is so strong?

If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
And I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
Supposed to be

Now you and me go parallel together and apart
And you keep your perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart
Did you never feel the distance
You never tried to cross no line

'Cause it's another dirty river and another dirty scar
And I don't know who's kissing you and I don't know where you are
So far from home, don't you think of me some time

If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

Well, sky is crying, see the streets are full of tears
Rain come down, wash away my fears
And all this writing on the wall
Oh, I can read between the lines

A versão do Dire Straits:

2027 – John Lennon – Cleanup time (1980)

 

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada entre agosto e setembro de 1980 e lançada em 17 de novembro de 1980, no disco Double Fantasy, o quinto e último disco de Lennon em vida. Foi produzida por John Lennon, Yoko Ono e Jack Douglas. Fala em renascimento e de Lennon falando dos seus anos de ausencia da indústria, em que ele se tornou dono de casa e Yoko tomou conta dos negócios da família. Foi escrita nas Bermudas, em junho de 1980. O título surgiu após uma conversa com Jack Douglas no telefone, onde eles falavam que as pessoas estavam se limpando de drogas e álcool. E falaram it's cleanup time. E ficou. John cantou e tocou guitarra. Earl Slick e Hugh McCracken tocaram guitarra solo. Tony Levin tocou baixo. George Small tocou teclado. Anday Newmark tocou bateria. Arthur Jenkins tocou percussão. Howard Johnson, Grant Hunderfod, JD Parran, Seldon Powell, George Opalisky, Roger Rosenberg, David Tofani e Ronald Tooley fizeram os sopros.

A letra:

Moonlight on the water,
Sun light on my face,
You and me together,
We are in our place,
The gods are in the heavens,
The angels treat us well,
The oracle has spoken,
We cast the (perfect) spell,

Now it begins - let it begin,
Cleanup Time,
(Show those mothers how to do it),

The queen is in the counting home,
Counting out the money,
The king is in the kitchen,
Making bread and honey,
No friends and yet no enemies,
Absolutely free,
No rats aboard the magic ship,
Of (perfect) harmony,

Now it begins,
Cleanup Time,
(Show those mothers how to do it),

However, far we travel,
Wherever we may roam,
The centre of the circle,
Will always be our home,

The gods are in the heavens,
The angels treat us well,
The oracle has spoken,
We cast the (perfect) spell.

A versão de John Lennon:

2026 – U2 – Into the heart (1980)

 

Escrita por Bono Vox, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. e Adam Clayton, foi gravada entre julho e setembro de 1980 e lançada em 20 de outubro de 1980, no disco Boy, o primeiro da banda. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. Fala sobre os tempos infantis e maturidade e perda da inocencia.

A letra:

Into the heart of a child
I stay awhile
But I can go there

Into the heart of a child
I can smile
I can go there

Into the heart
Into the heart of a child
I can go back
I can stay awhile
(Into the heart)

Into the heart

A versão do U2: