2014年11月18日火曜日

グレアム・パーカー(Graham Parker)




You Can't Be Too Strong

Written by Graham Parker

Produced by Jack Nitzsche

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Graham Parker & The Rumour
Squeezing Out Sparks
Vertigo, 1979


Did they tear it out, with talons of steel
And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel
And wash it away, as if it wasn't real 

It's just a mistake, I won't have to face
Don't give it a name, don't give it a place
Don't give it a chance, it's lucky in a way

It must have felt strange, to find me inside you
I hadn't intended to stay 
If you want to keep it right, put it to sleep at night
Squeeze it until it could say

You can't be too strong you can't be too strong
You can't be too strong
You can't be too strong you decide what's wrong

Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice
And shout myself dry, and go see the boys
They'll laugh when I say, I left it overseas

Yeah babe I know that it gets dark, down by luna park 
But everybody else, is squeezing out a spark
That happened in the heat, somewhere in the dark, in the dark

The doctor gets nervous, completing the service
He's all rubber gloves and no head
He fumbles the light switch, it's just another minor hitch
Wishes to God he was dead

But ou can't be too strong you can't be too strong
You can't be too strong
You can't be too strong
Can't be too strong you decide what's wrong

Can't be too hard, too tough, too rough, too right, too wrong
And you, can't be too strong
Baby you can't be too strong
Graham Parker (2014)
18 November 1950 - (age 64)