Mama, You Been On My Mind (from Dylan to Buckley)

 

Puede que la mejor versión de una canción de Dylan sea esta del malogrado Jeff Buckley, tempranamente ahogado en el río de los genios que pudieron ser, como esta hermosísima canción sobre un amor imposible, interpretada de manera sentida y magistral por el californiano. 

Aunque se publicó un disco póstumo (Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk), su único album publicado en vida fue Grace (1994), reeditado después con más canciones con el título Grace Legacy Edition, donde se recoge esta perla que comparto con vosotros en este mi refugio catártico. 

 

Mama, You Been On My Mind
(Bob Dylan)

Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
But mama, you been on my mind

I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset
I am not pleadin' or sayin': I can't forget you
I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent, but yet
Mama, you been on my mind

Even though my eyes are hazy and my thoughts they might be narrow
Where you been don't bother me or bring me down in sorrow
I don't even mind who you'll be waking with tomorrow
But mama, you're just on my mind

I am not askin' you to say words like yes or no
Please understand me, I got no place I'm callin' you to go
I'm just whispering to myself so I can pretend that I don't know
But mama, you're just on my mind

When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
As someone who has had you on his mind

  

Jeff Buckley en Atlanta, 1994 

Fuente: elpais.com - "La belleza eterna de Jeff Buckley"

 

 

 "Me odio por amarla, pero lo superaré. 

El odiarme, digo."

(Bob Dylan)