Judy Collins - Gauguin /2010
Versuri si muzica : Jimmy Webb
Gauguin, tired of the climate in Paris
So critically bleak
And his wife and companions who thought he was nothing
But an artistic freak
A most unhappy man, Gauguin
Slept without fire in the winter and dreamed about Eve and the Garden of Eden
Until he was sure there was nothing left to leave, till nothing was pleasing, nothing made sense any more
Then he took a train down to Marseille and went searching for paradise just a little further on
Paradise, you know theyll never miss you till youre gone
I got no more pearls to throw to swine, I cannot turn this water into wine, this bitter cup you offer me will not suffice, so Im gonna go down and look for paradise.
Gauguin got off the boat in Tahiti with a cargo of freight and the seeds ? and the ? they were out to greet him and he was a hundred years too late and he knew he couldnt stay there. The trade winds were whispering his name, so he sailed without looking back and went searching for paradise, just a little further on. Paradise, you know theyll never miss you till youre gone How much more of this? Got no more madness too, through. Got no more fingers for the turning of the screw, I could use some money but I dont need your advice. So Im gonna go down and look for paradise.
Cause I want to paint pictures of paradise. So he went out to Aurea? past the island of the moon, out beyond Mopiti where there were no lagoons, where there were no more islands, no further places, till at last he found the highlands of the desolate Marquesas. Gauguin—he finished his days with his paints and his brushes unconquered and savage, canvas ablaze, with visions of heaven. He was never at home in this world. But I guess were all that way—were searching for paradise, just a little further on, paradise, you know they'll never miss you till youre gone. How much more of this madness can we take? Why cant they leave a man alone, for heavens sake.
The reason few are chose is that few will pay the price
So you gotta go down and look for paradise. If you want to paint pictures of paradise, youve got to lose yourself to find paradise, paradise, paradise, paradise.