ON  MY  OWN

Compositores:

Burt Bacherach and Carole Bayer Sager

 

Intérpretes:

Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald

1986

 

So many times
Said it was forever
Said our love would always be true
Something in my heart always knew
I'd be lying here beside you
On my own
On my own
On my own

So many promises
Never should be spoken
Now I know what loving you cost
Now we're up to talking divorce
And we weren't even married
On my own
Once again now
One more time
By myself

No one said it was easy
But it once was so easy
Well I believed in love
Now here I stand
I wonder why

I'm on my own
Why did it end this way
On my own
This wasn't how it was supposed to be
On my own
I wish that we could do it all again

So many times
I know I should have told you
Losing you it cut like a knife
You walked out and there went my life
I don't want to live without you
On my own
On my own
On my own

I'm on my own
Why did it end this way
On my own
This wasn't how it was supposed to be
On my own
I wish that we could do it all again

This wasn't how it was supposed to end
I wish that we could do it all again
I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone
On my own, I've got to find where I belong again
I've got to learn how to be strong again
I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone
By myself by myself

I've got to find out what was mine again
My heart is saying that it's my time again
And I have faith that I will shine again
I have faith in me
On my own
On my own
On my own


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patti LaBelle
 
"On my Own" é um dueto por Patti LaBelle e Michael McDonald, lançado em 1986 no primeiro álbum de platina de Patti LaBelle, "Winner in you". A música foi  escrita por Burt Bacharach e sua ex-esposa Carole Bayer Sager, baseada em uma relação que tinha chegado ao fim, com ambos separados, seguindo seu caminho melancolicamente, mas com a opção ocasional de um dia haver um retorno.
 
Muitas vezes tem-se afirmado que os dois artistas estavam em cidades diferentes ao gravarem suas partes individuais, que foram, em seguida, conjugadas durante a masterização.
 
Isso se refletiu no vídeo da música produzido para divulgação da canção, que mostrava LaBelle e McDonald atuando simultaneamente em lugares diferentes. Os dois cantores foram apresentados em lados distintos de uma tela dividida, cada um cantando a música enquanto caminhavam por ambientes com layout idênticos, mas com diferente decoração e mobiliário.
 
O efeito da angústia mútua se expressa quando as vozes e a letra da música se atropelam de  certo ponto da canção
em diante.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Créditos:
 
Fontes (editadas):
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/p/patti_labelle_michael_mcdonald/on_my_own.html
 
 

Script:

Prof. Marco Aurélio Figueiredo

 

Pesquisa e Formatação:

Ida Aranha

 

Difusão:

www.sabercultural.org

mario.capelluto@globo.com