MATCHBOX TWENTY во главе с Робом Томасом уже почти десятилетие являются одним из самых
заметных и заслуживающих внимание американских рок-коллективов.
Причём, группа не ограничивает себя рамками фолк-рока
(который во время их появления на музыкальной сцене в середине 1990-х был мэйнстримом), периодически выдавая качественные поп-баллады, которые сразу на год обычно оккупируют эфиры
«взрослых» радиостанций.
“Real
World” – текст
наиболее яркой композиции из первого и самого успешного по сей день альбома MATCHBOX TWENTY “Yourself
Or Someone Like You” (1997).
“Real World”
MATCHBOX TWENTY
I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone
and you can come and see them when I'm done....when I'm done
I wonder what it's like to be a superhero
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown
from some other planet, I'd get this funky high on yellow sun
boy I bet my friends will all be....stunned.......they're stunned
yeah
straight up what did you hope to learn about here
if I were someone else would this all fall apart
strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me...and you....and
you...and me
I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho
I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said
I'd shout out an order, I think we're out of this, man, get me some
And boy don't make me want to change my.....tone.....my tone....
yeah
straight up what did you hope to learn about here
if I were someone else would this all fall apart
strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me...and you....and
you...and me
please don't change, please don't break
the only thing that seems to work at all is you
please don't change, at all from me
to you, and you to me....yeah
straight up what did you hope to learn about here
if I were someone else would this all fall apart
strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me...and you....and
you...and me
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