Sixto Díaz Rodríguez, más conocido como Rodríguez (Detroit, Míchigan, 10 de julio de 1942), es un músico y compositor estadounidense de origen mexicano. En muchas de sus canciones Rodríguez habla de los problemas que enfrentan los sectores sociales más pobres y marginados de las grandes urbes. "Cause" cierra el álbum "Coming from Reality", de 1971, segundo y último álbum de estudio del cantante hasta la fecha. Rodríguez saltó a la fama gracias a la película "Searching for Sugar Man", que relata como alcanzó la fama en Sudáfrica sin enterarse
Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
While the rain drank champagne
My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours
But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
And I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening
Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
And I explained that I had overpaid them
So overdued I went to the company store
And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
In weekends of whiskey sours
Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?
Según se comenta en la película-reportaje esa letra es autobiográfica.
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Comentarios
#0 Un gran genio desconicido para la mayoría de nosotros. Para mi lo era hasta que
Nosepadondetirar me lo mostró.
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#2 No hace mucho tiempo de eso pero me enamoró su historia, su persona y su música. Lo mínimo que pude hacer fue compartirlo.
Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
While the rain drank champagne
My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours
But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
And I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening
Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
And I explained that I had overpaid them
So overdued I went to the company store
And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
In weekends of whiskey sours
Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?
Según se comenta en la película-reportaje esa letra es autobiográfica.
Absolutamente recomendable para quien no lo conozca. Es de esas cosas que marcan un antes y un despues:
https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film625347.html