Wonderful pals are always hard to find
Some folks have one, some folks have none
And I was alone for years, but fate was kind
And in the end, sent me a friend
Although he's not much higher than my knee
Still he's the greatest thing on earth to me.
JUDY GARLAND
La mejor cantante de la historia y parte de la prehistoria. Nadie ha cantado la soledad, el desamor, las pérdidas, los desengaños, los pequeños fracasos cotidianos... nadie, con el alma de fénix de Judy Garland. Y, por si fuera poco, tiene un puñado de películas encantadoras.
Como de pequeño yo era ya bastante raro, cosa que no me canso de repetir, a la par que escuchaba Led Zeppelin, Zappa, o AC/DC, era capaz de pasarme tardes enteras escuchando los cuatro discos de Judy que se podían conseguir por aquel entonces. Menos mal que llegó el cd, y luego internet, y se obró el milagro de las reediciones y las compras por el mundo sin salir de casa.
You made me love you
I'm always chasing rainbows
But not for me
After you've gone
Dirty hands, dirty face
Memories of you
Do I love you?
More than you know
When you're smiling
I wish you love
Smile
Make someone happy
Why was I born?
As long as he needs me
As long as he needs me...
Oh, yes, he does need me...
In spite of what you see...
...I'm sure that he needs me.
Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill?
He knows I always will...
As long as he needs me.
I miss him so much when he is gone,
But when he's near me
I don't let on...
...The way I feel inside.
The love, I have to hide...
The hell! I've gone my pride
As long as he needs me.
He doesn't say the things he should.
He acts the way he thinks he should.
But all the same,
I'll play
This game
His way.
As long as he needs me...
I know where I must be.
I'll cling on steadfastly...
As long as he needs me.
As long as life is long...
I'll love him right or wrong,
And somehow, I'll be strong...
As long as he needs me.
If you are lonely
Then you will know...
When someone needs you,
You love them so.
I won't betray his trust...
Though people say I must.
I've got to stay true, just
As long as he needs me.
Over the rainbowe
I Somewhere over the rainbowWay up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?.
Me and my shadow
Me and my shadowStrolling down the avenue
Me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles too
And when it's twelve o'clock
We climb the stair
We never knock
For nobody's there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and feeling blue.
