Etiqueta: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Llegan fechas especiales. Yo que tengo cero espíritu navideño, valoro exclusivamente estos días por las posibilidades que me dan de estar con los míos (prioridad en la vida). Y qué mejor que este Somewhere Over The Rainbow para celebrarlo. Desde que Judy Garland lo entonará en el Mago de Oz, se han hecho cientos de versiones (Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, … y muchísimas más). Pero me voy a quedar con ésta del artista hawaiano Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole, tristemente fallecido en 1997. Se trata de la unión de la conocida melodía con otra no menos conocida, What a Wonderful World. Me encanta por ese toque de ukelele tan característico de su tierra.

Pasen una felices fiestas y no olviden seguir el camino de baldosas amarillas 😉

Letra:

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you’ll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can’t I?

Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I’ll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, «How do you do?»
They’re really saying, I… I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They’ll learn much more
Than we’ll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Someday I’ll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that’s where you’ll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow
way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can’t I?