sábado, setembro 08, 2007

Stop! Stop The Train...Please...

[às vezes não sei o que hei-de fazer da vida]
.
[vejo os dias sucederem-se num comboio estúpido
e sem estações, conduzido por um maquinista louco
que não faz a mínima ideia onde acaba a linha
e o pior, é que nem quer saber]

Margarida Rebelo Pinto

Downtown

outside another yellow moon
punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
i climb through the window and down the street
shining like a new dime
the downtown trains are full with all those brooklyn girls
they try so hard to break out of their little worlds

you wave your hand and they scatter like crows
they have nothing that will ever capture your heart
theyr'e just thorns without the rose
be careful of them in the dark
oh, if i was the one
you chose to be your only one
oh, baby can't you hear me now

Train

will i see you tonight
on a downtown train
every night is just the same
you leave me lonely now

i know your window and i know it's late
i know your stairs and your doorway
i walk down your street and past your gate
i stand by the light at the four way
you watch them as they fall
they all have heart attacks
they stay at the carnival
but they'll never win you back

will i see you tonight on a downtown train
where every night is just the same you leave me lonely
will i see you tonight on a downtown train
all of my dreams just fall like rain
all upon a downtown train

Tom Waits

God Knows


How I Adore Life

sexta-feira, setembro 07, 2007

Oh, It's Raining Again...


[it's a free ride]

Sadness Like Water, Raining Down, Down...


[when you've already paid]

Like

just like a star across my sky
just like an angel off the page
you have appeared to my life
feel like i'll never be the same
just like a song in my heart
just like oil on my hands
honour to love you

still i wonder why it is
i don't argue like this
with anyone but you
we do it all the time
blowing out my mind

you've got this look i can't describe
you make me feel like i'm alive
when everything else is au fait
without a doubt you're on my side
heaven has been away too long
can't find the words to write this song
oh...
your love

A Star

now i have come to understand
the way it is
it's not a secret anymore
'cause we've been through that before
from tonight i know that you're the only one
i've been confused and in the dark
now i understand

i wonder why it is
i don't argue like this
with anyone but you
i wonder why it is
i wont let my guard down
for anyone but you
we do it all the time
blowing out my mind

just like a star across my sky
just like an angel off the page
you have appeared to my life
feel like i'll never be the same
just like a song in my heart
just like oil on my hands

Corinne Bailey Rae

quinta-feira, setembro 06, 2007

It's A Man's World

NOW THE SKY IS YOUR STAGE

James Brown & Luciano Pavarotti

At

at last, my love has come along
my lonely days are over
and life is like a song
oh, yeah, at last
the skies above are blue
my heart was wrapped up in clovers
the night i looked at you
i found a dream that i could speak to

Last

a dream that i can call my own
i found a thrill to rest my cheek to
a thrill that i have never known
oh, yeah when you smile, you smile
oh, and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine
at last

Etta James /// Wild At Heart /// *

quarta-feira, setembro 05, 2007

Carla Bruni

Nobody Knows You

once i lived the life of a millionaire
spent all my money, i just did not care
took all my friends out for a good time
bought bootleg whisky, champagne and wine

then i began to fall so low
lost all my good friends, i did not have nowhere to go
i get my hands on a dollar again
i'm gonna hang on to it till that eagle grins

'cause no, no, nobody knows you
when you're down and out
in your pocket, not one penny
and as for friends, you don't have any

When You're Down And Out

when you finally get back up on your feet again
everybody wants to be your old long-lost friend
said it's mighty strange, without a doubt
nobody knows you when you're down and out

when you finally get back upon your feet again
everybody wants to be your good old long-lost friend
said it's mighty strange
nobody knows you
nobody knows you
nobody knows you when you're down and out

Carla Bruni

Cowgirl

hello cowgirl in the sand
is this place at your command?
can i stay here for a while?
can i see your sweet sweet smile?
old enough now, to change your name
when so many love you, is it the same?
it's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game

hello ruby in the dust
has your band begun to rust
after all the sin we've had
i was hopin' that we turn back
old enough now to change your name
when so many love you is it the same
it's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game

In The Sand

hello woman of my dreams
this is not the way it seems
purple words
on a grey background
to be a woman
and to be turned down
old enough now
to change your name
when so many love you
is it the same
it's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game

Neil Young /// *

terça-feira, setembro 04, 2007

Perfect

just a perfect day
drink sangria in the park
and then later, when it gets dark
we go home
just a perfect day
feed animals in the zoo
then later, a movie, too
and then home

oh, it's such a perfect day
i'm glad i spent it with you
oh, such a perfect day
you just keep me hanging on

Day

just a perfect day
problems all left alone
weekenders on our own
it's such fun
just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
i thought i was someone else
someone good

oh, it's such a perfect day
i'm glad i spent it with you
oh, such a perfect day
you just keep me hanging on

you're going to reap just what you sow

BBC Music Trail

Into

i don't believe in an interventionist god
but i know, darling, that you do
but if i did i would kneel down and ask him
not to intervene when it came to you
not to touch a hair on your head
to leave you as you are
and if he felt he had to direct you
then direct you into my arms
into my arms, o lord
into my arms

and i don't believe in the existence of angels
but looking at you i wonder if that's true
but if i did i would summon them together
and ask them to watch over you
to each burn a candle for you
to make bright and clear your path
and to walk, like christ, in grace and love
and guide you into my arms
into my arms, o lord
into my arms

My Arms

and i believe in love
and i know that you do too
and i believe in some kind of path
that we can walk down, me and you
so keep your candle burning
and make her journey bright and pure
that she will keep returning
always and evermore

into my arms, o lord
into my arms, o lord
into my arms, o lord
into my arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

segunda-feira, setembro 03, 2007

Rabbit

i'm a rabbit in your headlights
scared of the spotlight
you don't come to visit
i'm stuck in this bed

thin rubber gloves
she laughs when she's crying
she cries when she's laughing

fat bloody fingers
are sucking your soul
away
away

In Your Headlights

i'm a rabbit in your headlights
christian suburbanite
washed down the toliet
money to burn

rotworms on the underground
caught between stations
butterfingers
i'm losing my patience

i'm a rabbit in your headlights
christian suburbanite
you got money to burn

fat bloody fingers
are sucking your soul
away
away

U.N.K.L.E. // Thom Yorke

Fightin' Away

fighting away the tears
fighting away the tears
i've been holding on for years
fighting away the tears

i woke up in the middle of the night
dreaming i had you by my side
you saw my hair look like a bird's nest
i swear i'll make you forget all the rest

then i saw that i was all alone
your location, i did not know
it was a dream, nothing more, nothing less
i guess there's still a couple things i regret
that's why i'm

The Tears

my tears fall like rain drops
the years passed like pills pop
like smoke in my eye
like pigs, they don't fly
like Santa he don't care
my rainbow's gone nowhere
the sound of your voice
replaced by white noise
i don't want time to erase
my memories of your face
that's why i keep on fighting
that's why i keep providing
goosebumps in my song writing

oh, don't you worry
i'll keep on fighting
i'll keep on calling your name in my dreams

in my dreams (in my dreams)
in my dreams (in my dreams)

that's why i'm...
fightin' away the tears
and i'm holdin' on for years
fightin' away the tears

Mocky & Feist

domingo, setembro 02, 2007

Feeling

birds flying high, you know how i feel
sun in the sky, you know how i feel
reeds driftin on by, you know how i feel

it's a new dawn
it's a new day
it's a new life
for me
and i'm feeling good

fish in the sea, you know how i feel
river running free, you know how i feel
blossom in the tree, you know how i feel

Good

dragonfly out in the sun
you know what i mean, don't you know?
butterflies all havin fun, you know what i mean
sleep in peace when day is done
that's what i mean

and this old world is a new world
and a bold world
for me

stars when you shine, you know how i feel
scent of the pine, you know how i feel
oh, freedom is mine
and i know how i feel

Nina Simone

Tonight

time is never time at all
you can never ever leave
without leaving a piece of youth
and our lives are forever changed
we will never be the same
the more you change
the less you feel

believe, believe in me, believe
believe that life can change
that you're not stuck in vain
were not the same
were different tonight
tonight, so bright
tonight

Tonight

and you know you're never sure
but you're sure you could be right
if you held yourself up to the light
and the embers never fade
in your city by the lake
the place where you were born

believe, believe in me, believe
believe in the resolute urgency of now
and if you believe there's not a chance tonight
tonight, so bright
tonight

well crucify the insincere tonight
well make things right, well feel it all tonight
well find a way to offer up the night tonight
the indescribable moments of your life tonight
the impossible is possible tonight
believe in me as i believe in you, tonight

Smashing Pumpkins