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Lisnaholic · 03-19-2017, 06:57 PM

Sunday evening can be a melancholy time, as the sun goes down and the weekend draws to an end. That's specially true if you've been listening to Klezmer music (thanks, Chiomara) interspersed with Nico. Somehow I felt that Nico had done a few a capella tracks in her time, but actually this seems to be the only one in her repertoire. In any event, on the strength of this sombre masterpiece, I wish she'd done more :

Spoiler for Lyrics to My Only Child:

03-19-2017, 06:57 PM	#199 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Sunday evening can be a melancholy time, as the sun goes down and the weekend draws to an end. That's specially true if you've been listening to Klezmer music (thanks, Chiomara) interspersed with Nico. Somehow I felt that Nico had done a few a capella tracks in her time, but actually this seems to be the only one in her repertoire. In any event, on the strength of this sombre masterpiece, I wish she'd done more : Spoiler for Lyrics to My Only Child: My only child be not so blind See what you hold There are no words no ears no eyes To show them what you know Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small Too small to fill their ways with breathing The evening tall My only child remember well The words that you are told For some of them it is only Easy to survive Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall Man and wife are feasting the time The time that lies behind At home in sweetness and delight Drinking the bitter wine Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953