No No Song : Ringo Starr : paroles, traduction, histoire…

Informations sur la chanson

• Crédits : Hoyt Axton/David P. Jackson
• Durée : 2:34
• Producteur : Richard Perry

Les paroles de la chanson

Huh-huh ! Huh-huh
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Aye-aye-aye-aye)

A LADY THAT I KNOW JUST CAME FROM COLUMBIA,
SHE SMILED BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
THEN SHE HELD OUT SOME MARIJUANA, HA HA !
SHE SAID IT WAS THE BEST IN ALL THE LAND.

AND I SAID,
“NO, NO, NO, NO, I DON’T SMOKE IT NO MORE,
I’M TIRED OF WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR.
NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, IT ONLY MAKES ME SNEEZE,
AND THEN IT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND THE DOOR.”

(Ah-ah-aye-aye)

A WOMAN THAT I KNOW JUST CAME FROM MAJORCA, SPAIN,
SHE SMILED BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. (Parazzi ! Parazzi !) (Olé !)
THEN SHE HELD OUT A TEN POUND BAG OF COCAINE,
SHE SAID IT WAS THE FINEST IN THE LAND.

AND I SAID,
“NO, NO, NO, NO, I DON’T SNIFF IT NO MORE,
I’M TIRED OF WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR.
NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, IT ONLY MAKES ME SNEEZE,
AND THEN IT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND THE DOOR.”

(Aye-aye-aye-aye)
(Aye-aye-aye-aye)
(Aye-aye-aye-aye)
(Aye-aye-aye)

A MAN THAT I KNOW JUST CAME FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, OO, (oh no !)
HE SMILED BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
THEN HE HELD OUT SOME MOONSHINE WHISKEY, OH HO,
HE SAID IT WAS THE BEST IN ALL THE LAND. (and he wasn’t joking !!!)

AND I SAID,
“NO, NO, NO, NO, I DON’T DRINK IT NO MORE,
I’M TIRED OF WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR.
NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, IT ONLY MAKES ME SNEEZE,
AND THEN IT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND THE DOOR.”

WELL, I SAID,
“NO, NO, NO, NO, I CAN’T TAKE IT NO MORE,
I’M TIRED OF WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR.
NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, IT ONLY MAKES ME SNEEZE,
AND THEN IT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND THE DOOR.”

HEY YEH !

“I’LL JUST HAVE ANOTHER DRINK, BARMAN, HAVE YOU GOT A LARGE BRANDY ?”

L’histoire de la chanson

No No Song est une chanson composée par Hoyt Axton pour l’album Goodnight Vienna de Ringo Starr. La chanson raconte comment le narrateur s’est vu proposer différentes formes de drogues et d’alcool et les refuse successivement. Harry Nilsson a participé aux chœurs aux côtés de l’ancien Beatle.
La chanson est sortie en face A d’un single américain ayant pour face B Snookeroo, et a atteint la 3e place du Billboard Hot 100. Elle est arrivée première dans les classements canadiens. Enfin, elle est sortie en 1976 en face B de Oh My My au Royaume-Uni, sans parvenir à entrer dans les charts.

Musiciens ayant participé à l’enregistrement

Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Nicky Hopkins, Jesse Ed Davis, Klaus Voormann, Trevor Lawrence, Bobby Keyes

Disques incluant cette chanson