Working on a Dream

Por vezes faz falta uma grande canção de intervenção, daquelas que sacodem enquanto a trauteamos. Nestes dias tão incertos, em que as esperanças se diluem num cenário de acontecimentos que pareciamos nunca ter equacionado para as nossas vidas, surge uma grande canção de esperança como a que dá título ao novo album de Bruce Springsteen. É natural que lá esteja muito do "efeito" Obama, mas para quem acredita que é possível, estas palavras soam como um hino...

Out here the nights are long,
the days are lonely
I think of you and
I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream
Now the cards
I've drawn's a rough hand, darling
I straighten the back and
I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream
Come on!

I'm working on a dream
Though sometimes it feels so far away
I'm working on a dream
And I know it will be mine someday

Rain pourin' down, I swing my hammer
My hands are rough from working on a dream
I'm working on a dream
Let's go!
I'm working on a dream
Though trouble can feel like it's here to stay
I'm working on a dream
Well our love will chase trouble away
Alright!

I'm working on a dream
Though it can feel so far away
I'm working on a dream
Our love will make it real someday

The sun rise up,
I climb the ladder
The new day breaks and
I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream
Hey!

I'm working on a dream
Though it can feel so far away
I'm working on a dream
Our love will make it real someday
I'm working on a dream
Though it can feel so far away
I'm working on a dream
And our love will make it real someday

Em grande forma, The Boss, o grande working class hero destes tempos!