Een Shoot the Moon site
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Drie zoons van Amerikaanse legerofficieren die in Engeland gelegerd
waren, richtten daar de folkrockformatie America op. Hun eerste, titelloze,
elpee werd in 1971 een groot verkoopsucces in Amerika. Van die elpee
werd
A horse with no name
een wereldhit. In Nederland (nummer 11
in de top 40) werd na die tijd niet veel meer van ze vernomen, maar in
Amerika brachten ze nog veel succesvolle albums uit.
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And a sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
I been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert your can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a riverbed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead
You see I been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert your can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa
After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love
You see I been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert your can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa
Laa laa laa lalalalaa lalalaa la laa...