Desde algún lugar perdido en la memoria...‏

Llego a los créditos de una película

que mi familia acababa de ver en el Cable

y reconozco el estribillo 

de un tema  familiar de los sixties:

Well, you don't know what

We could find

Why don't you come with me, little girl,

On a magic carpet ride…

Una voz aguardentosa característica…

Close your eyes now

Look inside now

Let the sound

Take you away…

Hasta que surge la palabra

desde algún lugar misterioso

de la memoria: Steppenwolf

y su Magic Carpet Ride.

Aquel famoso grupo de los temas de Easy Rider:

Born to be Wild y The Pusher

En aquella época nos dejábamos

llevar por el vértigo de la música

y las letras, simples,

las asimilábamos a medias:

'Get your motor running

Head out on the highway

Looking for adventure

And whatever comes our way

Yeah darling go make it happen

Take the world in a love embrace

Fire all of your guns at once

and explode into space

I like smoke and lightning

Heavy metal thunder

Racing with the wind

And the feeling that I'm under

Yeah darling…

Like a true nature's child

We were born, born to be wild

We can climb so high

I never wanna die

Born to be wild

Born to be wild...

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You know I've smoked a lot of grass

O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills

But I never touched nothin'

That my spirit could kill

You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round

With tombstones in their eyes

But the pusher don't care

Ah, if you live or if you die

God damn, The Pusher

God damn, I say The Pusher

I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man

You know the dealer, the dealer is a man

With the love grass in his hand

Oh but the pusher is a monster

Good God, he's not a natural man

The dealer for a nickel

Lord, will sell you lots of sweet dreams

Ah, but the pusher ruin your body

Lord, he'll leave your, he'll leave your mind to scream

God damn, The Pusher

God damn, God damn the Pusher

I said God damn, God, God damn The Pusher man

Well, now if I were the president of this land

You know, I'd declare total war on The Pusher man

I'd cut him if he stands, and I'd shoot him if he'd run

Yes I'd kill him with my Bible and my razor and my gun

God damn The Pusher

Gad damn The Pusher

I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man

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More on Steppenwolf:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(band)

http://www.google.cl/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=steppenwolf