The Coast A family of musicians took shelter for the night In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea This is a lonely life Sorrows everywhere you turn And that's worth something When you think about it That's worth some money That's worth something When you think about it That is worth some money A trip to the market A trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight That settles over Washington A trip to the market A trip around the world Where the evening meal Is negotiable, if there is one. This is a lonely-lone, lonely life Sorrows everywhere you turn And that's worth something When you think about it That's worth some money That's worth something When you think about it That is worth some money To prove that I love you Because I believe in you Summer skies, stars are falling All along the injured coast If I have money If I have children Summer skies, stars are falling All along the injured coast Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah Summer skies and stars are falling All along the injured coast Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah Summer skies and the stars are falling All along the injured coast We are standing in the sunlight The early morning sunlight In the harbor church of St. Cecilia To praise a soul's returning to the earth To the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea To prove that I love you Because I believe in you Summer skies, stars are falling All along the injured coast If I have money If I have children Summer skies, stars are falling All along the injured coast If I have weaknesses Don't let them blind me now Summer skies, stars are falling All along the injured coast Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo Wop a Doo Wah Summer skies, stars are falling Leaving the shadow of the valley behind me now All along the injured coast Ooh-wah Ooh-wah Doo Wop a Doo Wah Summer skies and stars are falling All along the injured coast Ooh-wah Ooh-wah Doo Wop a Doo Wah Ver traducción en Español Guitarra: Paul Simon y Vincent Nguini Bajo: Bakithi Kumalo Gourds, Voice: Naná Vasconcelos Sintetizador Akai EWI: Michael Brecker Campanas africanas: Mingo Araújo Sintetizador: Greg Phillinganes Saxo tenor: Jude Bethel Saxo alto: Charles Doherty Trombón: Clifton Anderson Trompeta: Errol Ince y Clynde Mitchell Voces de fondo: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Karen Bernod, Myrna Lynn, Kia Y. Jeffries © 1989, 1990 Paul Simon (BMI) Disco: The Rhythm Of The Saints Comentarios: Otra canción de temática ecologista y de preocupación sobre el medio ambiente, en la que metafóricamente se hace alusión a la familia musical bajo la protección de su patrona Sta. Cecilia, al hambre en la tierra, a la soledad de la vida en el mundo desarrollado. Según palabras del propio Simon la canción está concebida como una especie de plegaria, la repetición de las frase "...cielos de verano...." funciona como un cántico repetitivo a lo largo de toda la canción, al que se superponen a lo largo del texto diferentes súplicas individualizadas de distintos personajes. Asimismo la familia de músicos en cierta medida alude al variopinto conjunto de músicos de todas las nacionalidades que reunió para grabar este disco y que funcionó como una auténtica familia, siendo la base de su concepto de la música: una fusión de todos los músicos y de todos los estilos en una única familia, es duro, a veces un camino solitario que cuesta dinero, pero merece la pena. Discografía - Pagina Principal