Papa, can you hear me?
Barbra Streisand heeft een autobiografie uitgegeven over haar leven las ik een paar dagen geleden. Altijd weer als ik lees over haar denk ik aan haar lied uit Yentl: Papa, can you hear me. Ik deel haar lied hier graag nog eens met jullie.
Barbra Streisand was nog geen jaar toen ze haar vader verloor.
Papa, Can You Hear Me
God our havenly father,
oh God and my father
who is also in heaven
May the light
of this flickerin candle
Illuminate the night the way
your spirit illuminates my soul.
Papa can you hear me?
papa can you see me?
papa can you find me in the night?
Papa are you near me?
papa can you hear me?
papa can you help me not be frightened?
Looking at the skies
I seem to see a million eyes
which ones are yours?
Where are you now that yesterday
has waved goodbye
and close it’s doors?
The night is so much darker
the wind is so much colder
the world I see is so much bigger now that I’m alone
Papa please forgive me
try to understand me
papa dont’t you now I had no choice?
Can you hear me praying
anything I’m saying
even tough the night is filled with voices?
I remember ev’rything you taught me
every book I’ve ever read
Can all the words in all the books
help me to face what lies ahead?
The trees are so much taller
and I feel so much smaller
The moon is twice as lonely
and the stars are half as bright
Papa how I love you
papa how I need you
papa how I miss you
kissing me goodnight