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

[às vezes não sei o que hei-de fazer da vida]

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[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

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

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 /// *

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 /// *

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

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

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