14 - Rudy's on a train to nowhere...

 

Il écoutait Supertramp Live in Paris à fond dans son walkman ! J'en revenais pas qu'un gamin de cette âge connaisse, s'intéresse et écoute les chansons de ce groupe qui, en 1991, avait déjà bien vieilli.

Perso, j'avais été les voir en concert, à Lorient, au début des années 80. Avec les Pink Floyd et les Stones, ces mecs faisaient partie de mon panthéon...

Et comme je ne me contente jamais d'adorer (parce que j'ai toujours trouvé ça idiot, l'idolâtrie), j'avais passé ma vingtaine à sauter sur toutes les occasions qui m'avaient été données de jouer du piano et d'apprendre quelques morceaux célèbres... Mon préféré, côté Supertramp, c'était Rudy mais, Che Nen aimait beaucoup les paroles de School. Il trouvait qu'elles collaient parfaitement à sa vie : il trainait beaucoup dans les remparts de Maubeuge après ses journées d'école...

RUDY

Rudy's on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line
He don't wanna get there, but he needs time
He ain't sophisticated, nor well-educated
After all the hours he wasted, still he needs time.
He needs time - he needs time for livin',
He needs time - for someone just to see him.
He ain't had no lovin'
For no reason or rhyme
And the whole world's above him.
Well it's not as though he's fat-
No there's more to this than that-
See he tries to play it cool-
Wouldn't be nobodys fool.

Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that wait
But recently he could see that it may come too late.

All through your life, all through the years
Nobody loved, nobody cared.
So dim the light, dark are your fears
Try as I might, I can't hold back the tears
How can you live without love, it's not fair?
Someone said give but I just didn't dare.
What good advice are you waiting to hear?
Hearing's alright for them that's all there
You'd better gain control now
You'd better show'em all now
You'd better make or break now
You'd better give and take now
You'll have to push and shove now
You'll have to find some love now
You'd better gain control now.
Now he's just come out the movie.
Numb of all the pain,
Sad but in a while he'll soon be
back on his train...