*Mi última gran mentira

Es verdad que en mis tiempos de atleta fui un gran competidor. Pero mis mayores éxitos en la vida los conseguí mintiendo: mintiendo en cien metros vallas o en cada beso que di, creyendo sentir que lo daba sinceramente. Fui el Gran Mentidor, el As de Corazones de una partida trucada de antemano. Tenía las cartas ganadoras, pero jugué mal la partida. Y la perdí.
Hoy sé que tan sólo perdí esa partida, pero entonces pensé que lo había perdido todo y en un desesperado arrebato de sinceridad quise morirme de verdad. Esa fue mi última gran mentira. Si mi querer morirme hubiese sido realmente sincero, yo ya estaría muerto. No soy tan torpe. Nadie lo es.

*The Kinks

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,
and everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.
There are stars in every city, in every house and on every street,
and if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
their names are written in concrete.

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard,
she looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard.
But they turned her into a princess and they sat her on a throne,
but she turned her back on stardom, because she wanted to be alone.

Well, you can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
and he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi because he's liable to turn and bite,
But stand close by Bette Davis, because hers was such a lonely life.

Well, you can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.
And those who are successful, be always on your guard,
success walks hand in hand with failure along Hollywood Boulevard.

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

La, la, la, la…

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
because celluloid heroes never feel any pain,
and celluloid heroes never really die.

The Kinks fue un grupo musical británico formado en Londres en los años 60 por los hermanos Ray Davies y Dave Davies. Desde sus primeros tiempos estaban muy influidos por el Rock and roll y el Rhythm & blues americanos. En 1964 consiguieron su primer nº 1 en las listas británicas con "You Really Got Me". Esta canción ha permanecido como una de las más significativas de la década de los 60 y su sonido es considerado precursor del Hard rock. Aunque los Kinks no alcanzaron tanta fama como los Beatles o los Rolling Stones, el genio, como compositor, de Ray Davies es comparable al de Lennon & McCartney.