«Vino color lila» o «lilac wine«, es una canción escrita por James Shelton en 1950. Originalmente intrepretada por Elkie Brooks, y de hecho inspiró la fantástica versión de Nina Simone, album Wild is the wind (1966)
I lost myself on a cool damp night
Gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
and be what I want to be
When I think more than I want to think
Do things I never should do
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Because I brings me back you…
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Listen to me… I cannot see clearly
Isn’t that he coming to me nearly here?
Lilac wine is sweet and heady where’s my love?
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where’s my love?
Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?
Isn’t that he, or am I just going crazy, dear?
Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love…
Y aquí la otra preciosa versión interpretada por Jeff Buckley, único hijo del músico y compositor americano Tim Buckley, en su album Grace (1994):
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Gracias desconvencida! tu me descubriste Nina Simone!