Ik vond een bijzondere & lekkere cover van Walking On Broken Glass van Annie Lennox uit 1992 door de Amerikaanse groep Lake Street Dive. Het kwartet uit Brooklyn durft het aan om het te doen met vier stemmen, die alleen maar begeleid worden door een contrabas, een trompet (Mike Olsen) en percussie (Mike Calabrese). Het is een feest om te horen, met soulvolle lead vocalen van zangeres Rachael Price, top bas spel van Bridget Kearne en heerlijke samenzang met een prachtig acapella einde.

Walking On Broken Glass
You were the sweetest thing,
that I ever knew.
But I don’t care for sugar honey,
if I can’t have you.
Since you’ve abandoned me,
my whole life has crashed
Won’t you pick the pieces up,
‘cause it feels just like
I’m walking on broken glass.

Walking on, walking on broken glass.
Walking on, walking on broken glass.

The sun’s still shining in big blue sky,
but it don’t mean nothing to me.
Oh let the rain come down.
Let the wind blow through me.
I’m living in an empty room,
with all the windows smashed.
And I’ve got so little left to lose,
that it feels just like
I’m walking on broken glass.

Walking on, walking on broken glass.
Walking on, walking on broken glass.

And if you’re trying to cut me down,
You know that I might bleed.
‘Cause if you’re trying to cut me down,
I know that you’ll succeed.
And if you want to hurt me,
well there’s nothing left to fear.
‘Cause if you want to hurt me,
you’re doing really well my dear.

Now everyone of us was made to suffer.
Everyone of us was made to weep.
We’ve been hurting one another.
Now the pain has cut too deep.
So take me from the wreckage.
Save me from the blast.
Oh lift me up and take me back.
Don’t let me keep on walking.
I can’t keep on walking on,
keep on walking on.

Walking on, walking on broken glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass