PREFAB SPROUT

Voor mij was de beste CD van 2009 LET'S CHANGE DE WORLD WITH MUSIC van PREFAB SPROUT. Het was alweer een aantal jaren geleden dat de band nog een CD uitgebracht had (op enkele verzamelaars na). Op die CD staat één nummer dat 1.000 keer meer zegt dan het MUSIC van JOHN MILES te zeggen heeft, want geef toe, een banaal tekstje. OK als jonge gast van 16 vond ik MUSIC uiteraard een schitterend nummer, maar het is toch DANKZIJ ALAN PARSONS en ANDREW POWELL dat het het nummer geworden is waar we allemaal van houden, waar we het telkens koud krijgen tijdens THE NIGHT OF THE PROMS.

BUT, PREFAB SPROUT schreef een waardevolle opvolger ...

MUSIC IS A PRINCES - LYRICS
Music is a princess, I'm just a boy, in rags, I would gladly spend my life, carrying her flags, From the first time I heard her, the sound of her voice, and her beauty completely bewitched me, I was lost then and there, I was given no choice, ever since, there's been no peace for me.

You see, music is a princess, I'm just a nobody, who'd gladly give his life for her majesty.

If in dying I'd move her or make her heart stir, if I thought for one moment I'd be missed...but extravagant gestures are wasted on her, she's a princess, I'm Oliver Twist.

Music is a princess, I'm just a boy, in rags, I'd gladly spend my life, carrying her bags

If their weight is much greater than I first supposed, I'd remember my oath of allegiance, true love is a monarch who won't be deposed, treason hasn't a chance.

Music is a princess, I'm just a boy, in raaa-aags, Music is a princess, I will remain unknown, falling asleep at night, dreaming of her throne, But her jewels are brighter than my eyes can bear, and although she is something to die for, I do not have the slipper she's waiting to wear, so my dreams remain dreams nothing more.

Her jewels are brighter than my eyes can bear, yes, she is something to die for, but I don't have the slipper she's waiting to wear, I'm a boy dressed in rags at her door.

Music is a princess, I'm just a boy, in raaaaaags, In raa-aaaa-aags, In rags.