TRIBUNMANADO.COM - Cannock Chase adalah lagu karya Labi Siffre yang dirilis pada 1971 dalam album The Singer and the Song.

Lagu ini punya nuansa yang sangat lembut, romantis, dan intim.

Secara sederhana, Cannock Chase adalah lagu tentang kerinduan dan cinta yang terasa sangat personal.

Judulnya merujuk pada Cannock Chase, sebuah kawasan hutan di Staffordshire, Inggris.

Berikut lirik lengkapnya:

Sitting in the back seat of my car
With my arms around my guitar
And the rain falls
From the roof of the world
Nothing around
Just the trees in the ground
There's a bird in a tree singing a song
Just for me, just for me

Ahh, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-daaa
Ahh, da-da-aa
La-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-daaa

I've been down for oh so long
It seemed like my soul was dead and gone
But it's alright
I'm back in the fight
I thought my day would never come
Maybe it won't, but I'll have fun
And I'll hold tight
'Cause that way it might

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-daaa
Oh, I know I'll be down again
With my old friend
This friendship never ends
The blues is always the same
The blues is always the same

Well I don't know just where I am
I'm a nowhere man, I'm a Desperate Dan
But I'll find out
Maybe if I shout
Give me your hand I'll give you my mind
It's a fair exchange if you're deaf, dumb and blind
And we're sold out
Well that's what it's all about

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
La-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-daaa
Ahh, da-da-da
La-da-da, la-da-da
La-da-da, la-da-da
Da-da, da-da-daaa
Ahh, ahh

Sumber:

YouTube Labi Siffre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aavxo3n8-xE&list=RDaavxo3n8-xE&start_radio=1

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