That's Why God
Made The Movies
When I was born my mother died
She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye
I said, "Where you goin'?
I'm just born"
She said I'll only be gone for a while
My mother loved to leave in style
That's why God made the movies
Well I laid around in my swaddling clothes
Until the doctor came and turned out the light
Then I packed my bag
And my nametag
And stole away into the night
Hoping things would work out right
That's why God made the movies
Say you will, say you will
Say you'll take me to your loving breast
Say you'll nourish me with your tenderness
The way the ladies sometimes do
Say you won't, say you won't
Say you won't leave me for no other man
Say you'll love me just the way I am
Say you will, baby now
Say you will, just say you will
Say you will
When I was born my mother died
She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye
And since that day
I've paid my way
The notorious boy of the wild
Adopted by the wolves when he was a child
That's why God. That's why God.
That's why God made the moviesGuitarra de cuerdas de nylón: Paul Simon
Guitarra eléctrica: Hiram Bullock
Guitarra acústica y slide: Hugh McCracken
Bajo: Tony Levin
Batería: Rick Marotta
Piano: Richard Tee
Sintetizador: Don Groinick
Persusión: Ralph MacDonald
© 1978 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: One-Trick Pony
Comentarios: Inspirada en la película L´ Enfant Sauvage de François Truffaut, es una canción llena de metáforas freudianas en las que se asocian madres con amantes e infancia con sexo.
Sobre ella comentó Simon: "...La parte que más me gusta es la primera estrofa...porque así es la vida...naces y al poco ya estás muerto...Un niño recién nacido ya recibe malas noticias.......por eso, en mi fantasía, Dios creó las películas...porque tenemos tan pocas evasiones....la grabación no es buena....es mejor la canción que la propia grabación...era demasiaso lenta....por eso tuvo tan poco impacto y la conoce muy poca gente..."
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