ZGUR

Paul Gauguin, “Deux Filles Portant Un Plat de Fruits”

TAHITIAN MOON

Had to get away

I couldn't stand another dreary day

Of people with the same expression on each face

Guess I needed to find some secret place

I bought a round trip cheap

I broke my lease and gave away my heap.

I flew down to Tahiti where soft breezes blow,

And I rented a grass roof bungalow.

 

There I met an island girl so fair

She was the child of a dream

We both wore flowers in the hair

Bathing each day in the stream

Perfumes around and everywhere

Out of the sea she came to me,

Suddenly we were vis-a vis

Lovers beneath a mango tree,

Under the Tahitian moon

 

Now I'm saving my way back to you

Tahiti, take me in your arms again

 

I knew I couldn't stay,

I couldn't stay another perfect day,

Of leaving in this paradise without an end

Guess I needed to feel confused again

I promised to return

The tears upon her cheeks began to burn

She handed me a note I promised not to lose

It's the love, It's the pain you can't refuse

 

There

I left my island girl so fair

She was the child of a dream

We both wore flowers in the hair

Bathing each day in the stream

Perfumes around and everywhere

Out of the sea she came to me,

Suddenly we were vis-a vis

Lovers beneath a mango tree,

Under the Tahitian moon

 

Now I'm saving my way back to you

Tahiti, take me in your arms again

…

Paroles et musiques : Michael Franks (1982)

 

Paz y salud

Zgur

 

Bonus :

Site officiel de Michael Franks : www.michaelfranks.com

Sa discographie complète ici

 

 

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