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It’s hard being green (Janis Ian)

vendredi 20 mars 2009, par Fil

Au fil de navigations aléatoires sur le net, je suis retombé sur Janis Ian, que j’avais déjà lue pour son article décapant de 2002 sur la musique, les majors & le mp3 (The Internet Debacle).

J’ai pris cette fois le temps de l’écouter, et — comme elle me l’autorise — je peux partager le plaisir que j’ai eu à la découverte de « Married in London ».

MP3 - 1.1 Mo
Married in London
We’re married in London
but not in New York
Spain says we’re kosher
The States say we’re pork
We wed in Toronto
The judge said “Amen”
and when we got home
we were single again
 
It’s hard being married
and living in sin
Sometimes I forget
just which state I am in
Thank God I’m not Catholic
I’d be a mess
trying to figure out
what to confess
 
My passport in Sweden
says I’ve got a wife
Amsterdam tells me
I’m partnered for life
But back in America
land of the free
I’m a threat to
the national security
 
If I were a frog
here is what I would say
It’s hard being green
It’s hard being gay
But love has no color
and hearts have no sex
so love where you can
and bugger the rest

Voir en ligne : + de Janis Ian