cover #31: what a wonderful world

song: what a wonderful world
cover: meads of asphodel
original: louis armstrong

comments: i'm not totally sure this counts as a cover, since the song's basically completely rewritten. but it's a complete 180 from the original, so... let's just go with it, shall we?



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
louis armstrong - what a wonderful world
meads of asphodel's "cover" is not available in mp3 format on amazon, unless it's hiding under some other name and i'm just too lazy to dig for it. yep, i'm admitting it, freely. lazy.

original lyrics: i see trees of green
red roses, too
i see them bloom
for me and you
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

i see skies of blue
and clouds of white
the bright blessed day
dark sacred night
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

the colors of the rainbow
so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces
of people going by
i see friends shaking hands
saying "how do you do?"
they're really saying
"i love you"

i hear babies crying
i watch them grow
they'll learn much more
than i'll ever know
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

yes, i think to myself
what a wonderful world

new lyrics: i see newborn graves
dirt dimmed with steam
open womb flesh
death and disease
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

i see ethnic cleansing
pain beyond belief
whole nations murdered
sorrow and grief
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

the silhouettes of murder
so pretty in the sky
where rapists stare in wonder
at children passing by
i see friends shaking hands
saying "how do you do"
but they're really saying
"hey, fuck you"

i see men talking peace
words full of shit
eyes welled with war
poison and deceit
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world
i think to myself
what a wonderful world.