Melissa Etheridge -

BRING ME SOME WATER “MELISSA ETHERIDGE”

 

Esta canción la escuché hace ya buen tiempo  por primera vez en una radio de Lima llamada doble 9 o 99 (que pasaba buena música rock de esos años y del recuerdo) y la interprete me pareció de un gran registro vocal y la canción de gran factura.

 

 Aunque mi adolescente ingenuidad me impidió “reconocer un doble discurso lésbico en sus letra” luego supe que quien la  compuso  además cantaba el tema y se llamaba “Melissa Etheridge” nacida un 29 de mayo de 1961  y que la canción Bring me some  Water” es la penúltima canción de su disco debut homónimo publicado el 2 de mayo de 1988 y  aunque la cantante  sigue en la ruta,  creo que aún no superó esta que considero su mejor canción:

 

Tonight I feel so weak

But all in love is fair

I turn the other cheek

And I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night air

And I know you're only human

And I haven't got talking room

But tonight while I'm making excuses

Some other woman is making love to you

 

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see I'm burning alive

Can't you see my baby's got another lover

I don't know how I'm gonna survive

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see it's out of control

Baby's got my heart and my baby's got my mind

But tonight the sweet Devil's got my soul

 

When will this aching pass

When will this night be through

I want to hear the breaking glass

I only feel the steel of the red hot truth

And I'd do anything to get it out of my mind

I need some insanity that temporary kind

Tell me how I will ever be the same

When I know that woman is whispering your name

 

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see I'm burning alive

Can't you see my baby's got another lover

I don't know how I'm gonna survive

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see it's out of control

Baby's got my heart and my baby's got my mind

But tonight the sweet Devil's got my soul

 

Oh, the Devil's got my soul

 

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see I'm burning alive

Can't you see my baby's got another lover

I don't know how I'm gonna survive

Somebody bring me some water

Can't you see it's out of control

Baby's got my heart and my baby's got my mind

But tonight the sweet Devil's got my soul