Songs:Frida (69289)
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The lyrics to "Frida" speak of Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) a Mexican painter,
who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style
that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that
include Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that
symbolically express her own pain and sexuality.
In 1929 Kahlo married the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. They shared political views,
and he encouraged her artistic endeavors. Their marriage often was tumultuous. Notoriously,
both Kahlo and Rivera had fiery temperaments and both had numerous extramarital affairs.
The openly bisexual Kahlo had affairs with both men (including Leon Trotsky) and women;
Rivera knew of and tolerated her relationships with women, but her relationships with men
made him jealous. For her part, Kahlo became outraged when she learned that Rivera had
an affair with her younger sister, Cristina. The couple eventually divorced, but remarried in
1940. Their second marriage was as turbulent as the first. Their living quarters
often were separate, although sometimes adjacent.
The above information is quoted from Frida Kahlo Wikipedia article [[1]]
Lyrics
FRIDA She looks out of the frame With her mustache and her monkeys And her eyes seem to say I don't care if you like me Nearly killed by a bus When she was just 18 She learned how to draw And she drew herself in To the love embrace of the universe La vida abierta - life opened The red and the yellow, the gold and the green To the love embrace of the earth There she is on the wall With a man on her forehead In a picture she called Diego on my mind She enlisted him into The life she invented And they merged and then parted And came back again To the love embrace… I never met Frida Kahlo Except in Museo del Barrio One sunny May Cross the garden from Where all the brides Have their pictures taken I never met Frida Kahlo She could have been evil or holy All I know are these pictures she's given To me and to you And to the love embrace… There were two accidents So grave in her lifetime One was that bus One was Diego In the arms of so many In the lust, the pain, the vengeance She burned herself up And her ashes went back again To the love embrace….
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