What's it to you?

Antes de cantar, comenta aquí Kris Kristofferson que esta canción era de entre todas las suyas la preferida de Johnny Cash.

Eso son palabras mayores, porque este señor no sólo ha compuesto la famosísima Me and Bobby McGee que cantó Janis Joplin, sino también un puñado de las mejores canciones de ¿country/folk/rock/whatever?, como Help me make it through the night, Sunday morning comin' down, Loving her was easier (than anything I'll ever do again) o, más recientemente, discos extraordinarios como This old road (e incluso cosas como If you don't like Hank Williams, que a mí me encantan...)

Sin embargo, esta canción, tan sencilla, tan poca cosa, tiene magia: me emociona.



Here comes that rainbow again

The scene was a small roadside cafe,
The waitress was sweeping the floor.
Two truck drivers drinking their coffee.
And two Okie kids by the door.
"How much are them candies?" they asked her.
"How much have you got?" she replied.
"We've only a penny between us."
"Them's two for a penny," she lied.

And the daylight grew heavy with thunder,
With the smell of the rain on the wind.
Ain't it just like a human.
Here comes that rainbow again.

One truck driver called to the waitress,
After the kids went outside.
"Them candies ain't two for a penny."
"So what's it to you?" she replied.
In silence they finished their coffee,
And got up and nodded goodbye.
She called: "Hey, you left too much money!"
"So what's it to you?" they replied.

And the daylight was heavy with thunder,
With the smell of the rain on the wind.
Ain't it just like a human.
Here comes that rainbow again.

Kris Kristofferson

Añado: Maravillas de Youtube, me recomienda este vídeo de Johnny Cash en el programa de David Letterman a saber hace cuantísimo tiempo, comentando que Kristofferson acababa de escribir su mejor canción, ésta, que él canta a continuación. La verdad es que los arreglos son bastante horterillas, nada que ver con la sobriedad majestuosa de Kristofferson a solas con su guitarra, pero no deja de ser bonita :)