The Last Resort
No había sido tipo de escuchar con demasiado atención los LPs enteros que pasaban por la aguja de mi tocata, Mike Oldfield y Jarre aparte, pero superada esa época bisoña, y que en los coches aún tenías que escuchar la cinta completa si no grabar tus cintas al gustillo, era ya obligación el consolidar a los Eagles escuchando de modo completo algo más que sus directos o sus recopilaciones de Grandes Exitos.
En eso, que a raíz del “Hell Freezes Over” visto en unplugged, me dio por atacar el “Hotel California” y recuperar la canción original aquí nombrada, que no recordaba haber oído nunca antes, y que estaba en dicho LP. Tal vez no es la más famosa ni la mejor, pero es de las que te paras a escuchar durante 7 minutos, y es posible que cuando abras los ojos el mundo se te haya vuelto diferente.
Aparte, las historias sobre paraísos perdidos que cuenta la canción me volvieron a la cabeza en las visitas a ese país, donde a veces lo de “rescatar” civilizaciones no va por las latitudes cercanas al propio ombligo
She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air.
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee,
just as her father came across the sea.
She heard about a place people were smilin',
they spoke about the red man's way, how they loved the land.
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
seeking a place to stand or a place to hide.
Down in the crowded bars out for a good time,
can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there.
And they called it paradise, I don't know why.
Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high.
Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert,
through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
where the pretty people play hungry for power
to light their neon way and give them things to do.
Some rich man came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em,
put up a bunch of ugly boxes and, Jesus, people bought 'em.
And they called it paradise, the place to be,
they watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea.
You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did so many years ago.
They even brought a neon sign 'Jesus is Coming',
brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign.
Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here.
We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds
in the name of destiny and in the name of God.
And you can see them there on Sunday morning
stand up and sing about what it's like up there.
They called it paradise, I don't know why.
You call some place paradise - kiss it goodbye.
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