Decir y desdecirse (dos canciones)

En la canción "Operator" del estadounidense Jim Croce, el protagonista quiere llamar a su “ex” para que vea que ya está todo pasado y aceptado pero mientras lo va diciendo se da cuenta que no es así. Finalmente renuncia a llamarla. Está muy bien hecha y según he leído muy bien entonada por su autor esas partes de duda: "I've learned to (estira el tiempo) take it well…". Pero la versión que dejo acá es aquella que me hizo conocer la canción y está muy bien interpretada por The Other Favorites (Josh Turner and Carson McKee) con la participación de Reina del Cid y Toni Lindgren.

En la canción "I get along without you very well (except sometimes)" de Hoagy Carmichael pasa algo similar, pero se confiesa directamente que no todo va bien. Que el protagonista no las va llevando tan bien sin ella. A veces las cosas dichas directamente pueden perder cierta poesía, pero no es el caso de esta letra que es genial, y también como acompaña la música. Y ese derrumbamiento final. Nuevamente la versión con la que la conocí sigue siendo mi favorita. La de la catalana Sílvia Pérez Cruz junto con Raül Fernández Miró (de ese gran trabajo que hicieron juntos que se llama Granada).

A continuación los videos y las letras de las canciones debajo de cada uno.

 

Operator

Operator, O could ya help me place this call?

See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded

She's living in L.A.

With my best old ex-friend, Ray

Guy, she said she knew well and sometimes hated

But isn't that the way they say it goes?

Well, let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine

And to show I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

Operator, O could ya help me place this call?

'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me

There's something in my eyes

You know it happens every time

I think about a love that I thought would save me

But isn't that the way they say it goes?

Well, let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine

And to show I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

No, no, no, no

Operator, O let's forget about this call

There's no one there I really wanted to talk to

Thank you for your time

Ah, you've been so much more than kind

You can keep the dime...

But isn't that the way they say it goes?

Well, let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine

And to show I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

 

I get along without you very well (except sometimes)

I get along without you very well

Of course, I do

Except when soft rains fall

And drip from leaves, then I recall

The thrill of being sheltered in your arms

Of course, I do

But I get along without you very well

I've forgotten you Just like I should

Of course, I have

Except to hear your name

Or someone's laugh that is the same

But I've forgotten you just like I should

What a guy

What a fool am I

To think my breaking heart

Could kid the moon

What's in store?

Should I phone once more?

No, it's best that I stick to my tune

I get along without you very well

Of course, I do

Except perhaps in spring

But I should never think of spring

For that would surely break my heart in two