JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, Paul Simon mengeluarkan lagu baru berjudul “The Sacred Harp”.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album barunya yang diberi nama Seven Psalms.
Album bergenre pop tersebut dirilis melalui label Legacy dan Owl Records pada 19 Mei 2023.
Baca juga: Lirik Lagu Love is Like a Braid, Terbaru dari Paul Simon
Berikut ini lirik lagu “The Sacred Harp” dari Paul Simon.
A change of mood
A summer storm erased the sunny sky
Two hapless hitchhikers were
Signaling us
As we were cursing by
Not in the mood
For idle chat or hitchhike company
Nevertheless
We took them on as highway courtesy
Hurry get yourselves inside the truck
We're just going up a ways
The rain should turn to mist
With any luck
And you can find a place to stay
The woman spoke
Her voice a blend
Of regional perfumes
We have no destination
The moon and stars
Provide us with our rooms
My boy and me
We're refugees of sorts
From my home town
They don't like different there
They would have moved us down
He doesn't talk much anymore
Just to the voices in his head
The boy just gazed down at the floor
And nodded once or twice at what
She said
The sacred harp
That David played to make his
Songs of praise
We long to hear those strings
That set his heart ablaze
The ringing strings
The thought that God turns music
Into bliss...
We left the pick-up in the driveway
The moon appeared as amber
In the mist
THE LORD
The Lord is a puff of smoke
Thar disappears when the winds blow
The Lord is my personal joke
My reflection in the window
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is my record producer
The Lord is the music I hear
Deep in the valley, elusive
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is the train I ride on
The Lord is the coast, the coast is clear
The path I slip and I slide on