What a wonderful world
Louis Armstrong
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, the 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 never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
ベトナム戦争の惨状を嘆き憂いた反戦歌であることを知らない人も増えてきた気がする。日常の当たり前の風景を淡々と歌うサッチモの笑顔と，ときどき垣間見せる厳しい表情に，胸がしめつけられる。ふと耳にするたびに思うことは，この曲には人間性，人間らしさを回復させる魅力があるということである。