TRACK TALK #281 Three Angels

THREE ANGELS
ALBUM : New Morning (1970)
Recorded : 4 Juin 1970
Released : 19 Octobre 1970

Aucune performance live.



Lyrics
Three angels up above the street
Each one playing a horn
Dressed in green robes with wings that stick out
They’ve been there since Christmas morn
The wildest cat from Montana passes by in a flash
Then a lady in a bright orange dress
One U-Haul trailer, a truck with no wheels
The Tenth Avenue bus going west
The dogs and pigeons fly up and they flutter around
A man with a badge skips by
Three fellas crawlin’ on their way back to work
Nobody stops to ask why
The bakery truck stops outside of that fence
Where the angels stand high on their poles
The driver peeks out, trying to find one face
In this concrete world full of souls
The angels play on their horns all day
The whole earth in progression seems to pass by
But does anyone hear the music they play
Does anyone even try?

Je me répète : cette chanson (est-ce une chanson ?) est la perle de New Morning.
D'ailleurs elle ne déparerait pas au milieu du Bootleg Series 10. Elle s'y sentirait peut être mieux, accompagnée de toutes ces autres jolies choses révélées tardivement.