Versões #8: Blur - Maggie May

Blur - Maggie May

Foi em 1993, onze anos antes deste blog começar, que os Blur gravaram esta versão de um dos maiores êxitos de Rod Stewart. A canção foi incluída no single do tema Chemical World, retirado do álbum Modern Life Is Rubbish (título de álbum que tem lugar no top 10 dos meus títulos de álbuns preferidos).

Wake up Maggie
I think I've got something to say to you
It's late September
And I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused
But I feel I'm being used
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore

You led me away from hme
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and
That's what really hurts

All I needed was a friend of lend a guiding hand
It's learning to a lover and
Mother what a lover and you wore me out
All you do is wreck my bed
And in the morning kickme in the head
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore

You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart
I couldn't leave if I tried

I suppose I could collect my books and go back to school
I'll steal my dad's cue
And make a iving out of playing pool
I'll find myself a rock n roll band
That needs a helping hand
Oh, Maggie,I wish I'd never seen you face

You made a first class fool of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart
But I love you anyway

A versão original da canção pode ver-se aqui, numa actuação com os Faces no Top of The Pops em 1971.