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Rod &
Kubby. Photo by Bob Gentry, ©2002 by Stanyan Entertainment Group.
A Thought for Today
If you cannot imagine love without
possession, try imagining life without freedom.
About today’s download
Georges Moustaki belongs to that elite group of singer-songwriters that
includes Brel, Brassons, Trenet, Becaud and Leo Fere. I’ve loved working
with him over the years and I hope our partnership will continue to yield
new songs. If I had to pick a favorite Moustaki-McKuen collaboration it
would probably be Solitude’s My Home. The public thinks otherwise. They
have bestowed the honor on Le Métèque or as I call it, Without A Worry in
the World.
This version of Without a Worry in the World was arranged by Jimmie
Haskell and recorded in the early 70’s in London at EMI’s Abbey Road
studios. My old friend Arthur Greenslade conducted the orchestra.
Below you’ll find a link to the official Moustaki website.
Without a Worry in the World
(Le Métèque)
Words & Music by Georges Moustaki
English Lyric by Rod McKuen
You all have seen the vagabond
as he went singing in the dawn
without a worry in the world.
I’ve never known a gypsy who
could be a gypsy through and through
and have a worry in the world.
All merry men are minstrels then
who keep their troubles locked inside
and don’t inflict them on the world.
Isn’t there something to be said
for having had some love instead
of never having had any in the world.
If I must love then let me love
as though I’ve never loved before
without a worry in the world.
And when I go then let me go
and only gently close the door
without a worry in the world.
For I’m a man, a minstrel man
who keeps his troubles locked inside
I won’t inflict them on the world.
Isn’t there something to be said
for leaving your troubles home in bed
never inflict them on the world.
Without a worry in the world.
Without a worry in the world.
Yes, I’ve got troubles of my own
I’ll try to solve them all alone
I won’t inflict them on the world.
© 1969 by Allo Music, ©1971, 1975 by Rod McKuen & Stanyan Music Group. All
rights reserved. Used by Permission
Click Here: Check out "Le site
officiel de Georges Moustaki"
Sleep warm and join me tomorrow.
RM 12/30/2002 2:04 AM PST
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WITHOUT A WORRY IN
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