Rabu, 21 Januari 2009

Berkendara Bersama Raja

Eric Clapton dan B.B. King - Riding With The King
I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid.
I blew it all at the penny arcade.
A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll.
No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl.

Get on a TWA to the promised land.
Every woman, child and man
Gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring.
Don't you know you're riding with the king?

He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier,
He's gonna check us all on out of here.
Up to that mansion on a hill
Where you can get your prescription filled.

Get on a TWA to the promised land.
Everybody clap your hands.
And don't you just love the way that he sings?
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Riding with the king.
Don't you know we're riding with the king?

A tuxedo and shiny 335.
You can see it in his face, the blue never lie.
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings.
And don't you know we're riding with the king?

I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold.
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
And I'm gonna play this thing until the day I die.

Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Riding, you're riding with the king.
You're riding, you're riding with the king
Judulnya saja, sebenarnya sudah menjelaskan maksudnya, berkendara dengan raja, bukan raja yang denotatif, tapi si B.B. King. Beberapa bagian lirik juga ditujukan buat si B.B. seperti "a tuxedo and shiny 335" maksudnya adalah penampinlan perlente dan gitar es-335, yang lebih dikenal dengan nama lucille karena penentengnya b.b. clapton di lagu ini memegang kendali penuh atas seksi ritem, lantaran bagian melodi semuanya jadi hak milik b.b., album ini dibuat tahun 2000, dan clapton masih membawa senjata andalannya, fender signature series dirinya sendiri. Karena hidup saya beberapa minggu ini menjadi sangat monoton, seorang kawan menganjurkan agar saya rehat sejenak, dan mendengarkan lagu-lagu kesukaan saya. setelah sempat menyimak beberapa lagu yang sedang in, tanpa diduga saya menemukan lagu ini di komputer. akhirnya, saya mungkin bisa menikmati segala macam jenis musik, namun ketika memamah blues, saya selalu ingat dengan siapa saya jatuh cinta.

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