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Artist: Jimmy Page
Canonical path: /jimmy-page/walking-into-clarksdale
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Walking Into Clarksdale
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Walking Into Clarksdale
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Walking Into Clarksdale
When I was born I was running
As my feet hit the ground
Before I could talk I was humming
An old railroad sound
Things didn't get much better
When by the age of five
They found me walking into Clarksdale
Trying to keep my friends alive
No time for celebration
Now there's no known cure
Seeing I was born and raised
On the wrong killing floor
And my loved ones gathered round
To see the experiment at work
I was misplaced out of time
Never rich - never worse
Oh momma, please don't cry for me
Tears to the river - tears to be free
And I see twelve white horses walking in line
Moving east across the metal bridge
On highway forty-nine
And standing in the shadows of a burnt out motel
The King of Commerce Mississippia waited with his hound from hell
A shiny neon riverboat taking income from the poor
It's floating by the levee in an artifical pool
There's a six-mile tailback back out of junction 304
A stranger at the crossroads
I believe I'd seen his face before
Oh, don't cry for me
Tears fill the river - tears to be free
I'm sad to be leaving
The sun's gone down and I've really got to go now
Sad to be leaving
The sun's gone down - I've really got to go now
Yeah, really got to go now
I've got to go - I've got to move
Sad to be leaving
Sun's gone down - I've really got to go now
Sad to be leaving
The sun's gone down and I've really got to go now
Yeah, really got to go now
Andar em Clarksdale
Quando eu nasci, eu estava correndo
Como meu pés tocarem o chão
Antes que eu pudesse falar eu estava cantarolando
Um som de estrada de ferro velho
As coisas não ficaram muito melhor
Quando, por cinco anos de idade
Encontraram-me andar em Clarksdale
Tentando manter meus amigos vivos
Não há tempo para comemoração
Agora não há nenhuma cura conhecida
Vendo eu nasci e cresci
No chão matando errado
E meus entes queridos se reuniram em volta
Para ver a experiência no trabalho
Eu estava mal colocado fora do tempo
Nunca rica - nunca pior
Oh mãe, por favor, não chore por mim
Lágrimas ao rio - lágrimas de ser livre
E eu vejo doze cavalos brancos andar na linha
Movendo para o leste através da ponte metálica
Na auto-estrada 49
E de pé nas sombras de um motel queimada
Os reis do comércio Mississipi esperava com seu cão do inferno
Um barco de néon brilhante levando renda dos pobres
Ele está flutuando pelo dique em uma piscina artificial
Há um tailback de seis milhas de volta para fora da junção 304
Um estranho na encruzilhada
Eu acredito que eu tinha visto seu rosto antes de
Oh, não chore por mim
Lágrimas enchem o rio - lágrimas de ser livre
Estou triste por estar deixando
O sol se foi para baixo e eu realmente tenho que ir agora
Triste por estar deixando
O sol se foi para baixo - Eu realmente tenho que ir agora
Sim, realmente tenho que ir agora
Eu tenho que ir - Eu tenho que mover
Triste por estar deixando
Sol foi para baixo - Eu realmente tenho que ir agora
Triste por estar deixando
O sol se foi para baixo e eu realmente tenho que ir agora
Sim, realmente tenho que ir agora
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