オバマ氏の演説にあのサムクックの歌

オバマ氏の勝利演説記事を昼間iPhoneのサファリで読みました。あの歌が踏まえてあるのだろうかなと思いました。 Sam Cookeの名曲、”A change is gonna come”(1964年)です。

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,” Obama told cheering supporters in Chicago after his victory.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4A43L220081105

あれから44年。Samの時代には’gonna come’だった’change’が ‘has come’となった。天国でサムはどんな風に思ってるんだろうなぁ。

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It’s been too hard living but I’m afraid to die
Cause I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don’t hang around
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin’ me
Back down on my knees

There been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long

But now I think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Sam Cooke/A change is gonna come