CANCIONERO

STEALERS WHEEL. Stuck In The Middle.

El año 2011 nos ha recibido con la noticia de una pérdida irreversible: la del escocés Gerry Rafferty, autor (en este caso, co-autor junto a Joe Egan) de canciones tan notables como este clásico entre clásicos. Stealers Wheel fue una de las bandas de militancia de este brillante compositor de la década de los setenta, y su álbum “Stealers Wheel” (73) uno de esos discos injustamente escondidos entre las sombras de otras referencias mucho más comerciales y pomposas. Brindemos un homenaje póstumo recuperando esta gema. Una letra que podría expresar el sentimiento de una noche cualquiera en cualquiera de nuestros bares (autocráticamente liberados de humo).

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

Well I don't know why I came here tonight

I got the feeling that something ain't right

I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair

And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you

And I'm wondering what it is I should do

It's so hard to keep the smile from my face

Losing control, yeah I'm all over the place

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing

And you're proud that you're a self-made man

And your friends they all come crawlin'

Slap you on the back and say 'Please, please.'

Trying to make some sense of it all

But I can see that it makes no sense at all

Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor

Well I don't think I can take anymore

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

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