Elegía de Dylan a John

Cuando John Lennon fue asesinado, Bob Dylan compuso este tema...voy a aclarar algunas alusiones. El primer grupo de rock en el que participó John se llamó The Quarrymen, al principio Los Beatles tocaron en Hamburgo. Lo de just another slave, podría referirse a que en el puerto de Liverpool se trasladaban esclavos...o a que todos lo somos...Tigre tigre, quemándose brillante es cita al poema de William Blake: Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

Lord, you know how hard it could be es una estrofa de la balada de John y Yoko, come together es obvia...

In what distant deeps or skies.

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat.

What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp.

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears

And water'd heaven with their tears:

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,

In the forests of the night:

What immortal hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Doctor, doctor tell me the time of day

Another bottle's empty, another penny spent

He turned around and he slowly walked away

They shot him in the back and down he went

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

From the Liverpool docks to the red-light Hamburg streets

Down in the quarry with the Quarry men

Playing to the big crowds, playing to the cheap seats

Another day in the life on your way to your journey's end

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

Sailin' through the trade winds bound for the south

Rags on your back just like any other slave

They tied your hands and they clamped your mouth

Wasn't no way out of that deep dark cave

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

I heard the news today, oh boy

They hauled your ship up on the shore

Now the city gone dark, there is no more joy

They tore the heart right out and cut him to the core

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

Put on your bags and get 'em packed

Leave right now, you won't be far from wrong

The sooner you go the quicker you'll be back

You've been cooped up on an island far too long

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

Slow down you're moving way too fast

Come together right now over me

Your bones are weary, you're about to breathe your last

Lord, you know how hard that it can be

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

Roll on, John, roll through the rain and snow

Take the right-hand road and go where the buffalo roam

They'll trap you in an ambush before you know

Too late now to sail back home

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John

Tyger, tyger burning bright

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

In the forests of the night

Cover 'em over and let him sleep

Shine your light

Movin' on

You burned so bright

Roll on, John