Thank You for Being a Friend - Andrew Gold

Este canto a la amistad fue una canción muy popular en España gracias a que una versión del tema cantado por Elaine Paige se incluyó en la serie Las chicas de oro (The Golden Girls).

Adjunto tres vídeos: el original de Andrew Gold, la versión para la serie de Elaine Paige y otra versión con la propia Elaine y esa diosa llamada Dionne Warwick.

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Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down a road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant

 

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

 

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
Well, you would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say

 

Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend

 

If it's a car you lack
I'd surely buy you a Cadillac
Whatever you need, any time of the day or night

 

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

 

And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of gray
Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear
I will stand real close and say

 

Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)

 

Let me tell you 'bout a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)

 

And when we die and float away
Into the night, the Milky Way
You'll hear me call as we ascend
I'll see you there, then once again

 

Thank you for being a

 

Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
People, let me tell you 'bout a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend

 

Whoa, tell you 'bout a friend (let me thank you right now for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna tell you 'bout a pal and I'll tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you, thank you)
Thank you for being a friend

Badge - Fanny

Potente versión del tema compuesto por Eric Clapton y George Harrison para Cream, célebre power-trio formado por el propio Clapton, Ginger Baker y Jack Bruce.

Fanny fue una de las primeras bandas de rock formada integramente por mujeres y editaron varios discos en la década de los 70.

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I'm thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car
I'm thinkin' that I might have drove you too far
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table

 

I told you not to wander 'round in the dark
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel

 

Well, I told you that the light goes up and down
Do you notice how the wheels go 'round?
And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down
Yes, before they bring the curtain down

 

I'm talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue
She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle

Lean on me - Bill Withers

Se fue Bill Withers, cantante y compositor de temas tan conocidos como Ain’t no sunshine o Use me. Gozó de gran éxito en las décadas de los 70 y 80 llegando a ganar varios premios Grammy a la mejor cancion de R&B.

Su prodigiosa voz y sus composiciones hicieron que desde hace mucho formara parte de mis preferencias musicales. En concreto siento predilección por este maravilloso canto a la amistad que es Lean on me y su aportación al célebre tema de Grover Washington Jr., Just the two of us.

Hasta siempre

Hmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow

 

But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow

 

Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...

 

For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

 

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow

 

For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show

 

You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on

I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on

 

Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...

 

For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
 

We all need somebody to lean on

I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load you have to bear
 

That you can't carry

I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me

 

Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me (call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)

If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)

Jolene (at 33 rpm) - Dolly Parton

Increíble ¿versión? del conocido tema Jolene de Dolly Parton. Un single de 45 rpm. reproducido a 33 rpm. 

 

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