Marlene Dietrich - Illusions

A TOUCH OF PARADISE

En el aniversario de su óbito recordamos a Marlene Dietrich con una de las canciones más bellas de su repertorio, Illusions, composición de Friedrich Hollaender que la gran estrella alemana interpretó en la película "Berlín Occidente" (A foreign affair, 1948) de Billy Wilder.

Illusions  (lyrics)

Want to buy some illusions
Slightly used, second hand?
They were lovely illusions
Reaching high, built on sand
They had a touch of paradise
A spell you can't explain
For in this crazy paradise
You are in love with pain
Want to buy some illusions,
Slightly used, almost new?
Such romantic illusions
And they're all about you
I'll sell them all for a penny
They make pretty souvenirs.
Take my lovely illusions
Some for laughs, some for tears

They had a touch of paradise
A spell you can't explain
For in this crazy paradise
You are in love with pain
Want to buy some illusions
Slightly used, just like new?
Such romantic illusions
And they're all about you
I'll sell them all for a penny
They make pretty souvenirs
Take my lovely illusions
Some for laughs, some for tears