Un punk de Nashville amigo del diablo

El hallazgo no es mío sino de mi costilla. En realidad, prácticamente todos los hallazgos, del tipo que sean, que asoman en casa son de Pep, y yo me aprovecho.

Hace un par de días se acercó a mi escritorio para que fuera a escuchar algo que había descubierto, se trataba de Hank Williams III tocando Long Hauls and Close Calls (The Devil is my Friend) en el 40 WATT CLUB de Athens, Georgia, y me gustó. Me gustó la música y me gustó la letra; me gustó el ritmo, la velocidad del violinista y las pintas del contrabajista; y todavía me pregunto cómo H.W. III se sujeta a la cabeza ese sombrero de cowboy extraplano tan parecido al que usaban los curas de finales del XIX. Entonces, leyendo las letras de su último disco Damn Right - Rebel Proud tropecé con el tema Candidate for Suicide y reconozco que me sorprendió esa mezcla de melodía country con letra punk. Busqué el vídeo y me encontré con el no-oficial, una burrada muy grande.

Con todo este cúmulo de deleites no me quedaba otra que dejar anotado el descubrimiento. Aquí lo tienen: Long Hauls and Close Calls y Candidate for Suicide de Hank Williams III.

Well, I'm all strung out in Texas
And I’m lookin for a damn good time
Well, all my friends in Texas
they’ve already lost their mind
'Cause I've been drunk for 30 days
and I don't care if I die
and I’m livin' fast and hard
and that's the way I spend my time
and I don't need no one tryin' to tell me
how to live my own no-good life
My own hellbilly right
'Cause it's long, long, long, long hauls
and those close, close, close, close calls
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause I've been drunk for 30 days
and I don't care if I die
and I’m livin' fast and hard
and that's the way I spend my time
and I don't need no one tryin' to tell me
how to live my own no-good life
My own hellbilly right
'Cause it's long, long, long, long hauls
and those close, close, close, close calls
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend
'Cause the Devil is my friend

Well I'm a candidate for suicide the more that I get old
I'm a candidate for suicide the drugs have taken their toll
I'm a candidate for suicide I was raped at 8 yrs old
Well I'm a candidate for suicide cause I'm a cheap liar and a whore
Well I been busted up and beaten down no self esteem to make me proud
Anti social depressed and cursed
Well I hope I feel better when I'm ridin in that hearse
and all my emotions have left me and I no longer hurt.
Well I'm a candidate for suicide cause I'm burned out from too far gone
Well I'm a candidate for suicide no matter what I do it seems wrong
Well I'm a candidate for suicide cause I hurt the ones I love
Well I'm a candidate for suicide cause I never laugh that much
I been busted up and beaten down no self esteem to make me proud
Anti social, depressed and cursed
Well I hope I feel better when I'm ridin in that hearse
and all my emotions have left me and I no longer hurt
Well all my emotions have left me and I no longer hurt