Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan

Um dos melhores e sinceros blues que conheço não foi escrito e interpretado por um bluesman, mas por Bob Dylan. O cantor e poeta norte-americano fez uma singela homenagem à influência que recebeu do blues, cantando sobre Blind Willie McTell e a vida 'blues'.
Segue abaixo o vídeo com a música e a sensacional letra, bem à la Dylan.




Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan (fonte: www.bobdylan.com)

Seen the arrow on the doorpost Saying "This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans To Jerusalem.
"I traveled through East Texas Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, I heard the hoot owl singing As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees Were his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy maidens Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell
See them big plantations burning Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming (And) see the ghosts of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes a-moaning(I can) hear the undertaker's bell
(Yeah), nobody can sing the bluesLike Blind Willie McTell
There's a woman by the river With some fine young handsome man He's dressed up like a squire Bootlegged whiskey in his hand There's a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, God is in heaven And we all want what's his But power and greed and corruptible seed Seem to be all that there is I'm gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell
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