Die Frage hab ich mir häufig gestellt in den letzten Wochen. Mit der "Various Positions" ist es mir nicht gelungen. Mal sehen. Darum hat mein Vater mir "Songs of Love and Hate" und "I'm Your Man" geschenkt.

Zweiter Versuch also... Mal sehen.

Ich kann nicht mit jedem seiner Lieder. Aber mit fast allen seiner Texte.

Meine Lieblingsstellen auf "Songs of Love and Hate"

"You who wish to conquer pain,
you must learn what makes me kind;
the crumbs of love that you offer me,
they're the crumbs I've left behind.
Your pain is no credential here,
it's just the shadow, shadow of my wound."

"I have begun to long for you,
I who have no greed;
I have begun to ask for you,
I who have no need. "

"And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.
...
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried. "

"It was deep into his fiery heart
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and then she clearly understood
if he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?"