Ao Mirante, Nélson!

SUICIDE IS PAINLESS


Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be

The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...


That suicide is painless

It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


I try to find a way to make

all our little joys relate
without that ever-present hate

but now I know that it's too late, and...


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes

And I can take or leave it if I please


The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway

The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say...


Suicide is painless

It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


The only way to win is cheat

And lay it down before I'm beat
and to another give my seat

for that's the only painless feat...


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes

And I can take or leave it if I please


The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins

But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger watch it grin...


Suicide is painless

It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please


A brave man once requested me

To answer questions that are key
"Is it to be or not to be?"

And I replied, "Oh why ask me?"


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes

And I can take or leave it if I please

And you can do the same thing if you please.




Acertou: é a trilha de M.A.S.H. (eu falo do filme; finja que a série de TV nem existiu), tocada logo na abertura e, depois, na cena do suicídio assistido de Painless (John Schuck). Aqui você roda a música e, voilà, aqui ouve as melhores falas da fita. Certo, você não perguntou, mas na minha opinião as campeãs mesmo são quando Trapper John (Elliot Gould) puxa um vidro de azeitonas do casacão militar e joga uma na taça de Martini ("We do have to make certain concessions to the war..."), quando Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland) e Duke Forrest (Tom Skerritt) sacaneiam o fervor religioso do major Burns ("You ever catch this syndrome before, babe?" "No, not with anyone beyond the age of eight years old, I haven't") e, claro, as clássicas chamadas no alto-falante da base ("Attention! From Colonel Blake's office: the American Medical Association has just declared marijuana a dangerous drug!"). Mas tem muitas, ouça e escolha a sua. Remembering is as painless as suicide, babe.