alles was einmal war hat seine Berechtigung und wir alle dürfen auch mal sentimental werden ohne gleich alles Gegenwärtige dafür schlecht machen zu müssen (btw. ein Zeichen des Altwerdens: früher alles für besser gehalten zu haben).
Einer der besten (nicht sentimentalen) Texte dazu ist von Shane McGowan (Vorsicht: Punk): "They're all gone, gone in the years babe". Das ist besser als sentimental werden, glaub's mir.
Deine
Josi
The Broad Majestic Shannon By Shane MacGowan (1988)
The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks You sang me a song as pure as the breeze Blowing up the road to Glenaveigh I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe Where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom Heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone Their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go
Take my hand, and dry your tears babe Take my hand, forget your fears babe There's no pain, there's no more sorrow They're all gone, gone in the years babe
I sat for a while by the gap in the wall Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball Heard the cards being dealt, and the rosary called And a fiddle playing Sean Dun na nGall And the next time I see you we'll be down at the Greeks There'll be whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks For it's stupid to laugh and it's useless to bawl About a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball
So I walked as day was dawning Where small birds sang and leaves were falling Where we once watched the row boats landing By the broad majestic Shannon
Er selbst hat dazu gesagt (daß man nicht traurig sein soll, also auch Du nicht, Shakir: was abfallen soll, wird abfallen, was bleiben soll, wird bleiben).
"I just wrote a song about Tipperary when I was a kid. It's about meeting people, who are around the same age as you that you knew then and there and meeting them now in London, and the way that all the stuff that we loved when we were kids has gone. It's basically just about the good old days and they're gone, and we've got to accept it; I've got to accept it." -Shane MacGowan
