Peter Gunn

(The Art Of Noise)

Fool of Me

I remember when you filled my heart with joy
Was I blind to the truth, just there to fill the space
Cause now, you have no interest in anything that I have to say
I allowed you to make me feel...
I feel so dumb
What kind of fool am I?
You so easily set me aside

You made a fool of me
Tell me why
You say that you don't care, but we made love
Tell me why
You made a fool of me, you made a fool of me

I want to kiss you
Does she want you the pain that I do
I smell you in my dreams
Now when we're face to face
You won't look me in the eye
No time, no friendship, no love
You say don't touch you, I can't touch you no more
Can't touch you anymore, anymore

You made a fool of me
Tell me why
You say that you don't care but we made love
Tell me why
You made a fool of me
Tell me why
Tell me why
You made a fool of me
Tell me why
tell me why

(Me'shell Ndegeocello)

Move On Up

Hush now child,
and don't you cry
Your folks might understand you
by and by
Just move on up
towards your destination
You may find
from time to time
Complications

Bite your lip
and take a trip
Though there may be
wet road ahead
You cannot slip
Just move on up
and peace you will find
Into the steeple
of beautiful people
Where there's only one kind

So hush now child
and don't you cry
Your folks might understand you
by and by
Just move on up
and keep on wishing
Remember your dreams
are your only schemes
So keep on pushing

Take nothing less -
not even second best
And do not obey -
you must have your say
You can pass the test

Move on up!

(Curtis Mayfield)

Illuminated

I'm a student of just one master
I'm only afraid of one monster
I stand illuminated

all my visions crowd down to one bead of sweat
My whole life bears down on one hour
I stand illuminated

I know the world holds many words
Pearls hang down in necklaces
Islands come round in archipelagoes
I get all my life from one light bulb
I stand illuminated

I'm devoted to a telling detail
I'm awash in overall impressions
I stand illuminated

I only roll down the one staircase
I only have foresight the first time
I stand illuminated

I know the world holds many words
Pearls hang down in necklaces
Islands come round in archipelagoes
I get all my life from one light bulb
I stand illuminated

(Arto Lindsay)

No Mar Das Tuas Pernas

No mar das tuas pernas

é que mora a saudade

e as horas são eternas

quando tenho vontade

de me ir afogar

naquela onda

que o céu quer ocultar

na sombra dos teus seios

é que eu vou descobrindo

que o mal dos meus anseios

é que ao ver-te eu vou indo

sem me recordar

de tudo aquilo

que eu nunca vou deixar

bocas, beijos e ais

a dor que traduzi

nos restos imortais

que eu compreendi

ao estar dentro de ti

o teu suor passei

sobre o meu peito liso

pressinto a maré cheia

que chega sem aviso

para inundar

a tua alma

que é feita só de mar

bocas, beijos e ais

a dor que traduzi

nos meus restos imortais

que eu compreendi

ao estar dentro de ti

o corpo está cansado

um barco chega ao cais

mas vendo o teu bailado

digo que quero mais

vem-te afogar

no mar da minha solidão

(Rabih Abou-Khalil com Ricardo Ribeiro)

Chupee

We have gone to the country
In your old car
We have lost our way
So many times

Hello, hello
I take you on a trip
Hello, hello
I take you on a trip

Eating your Chupa Chup
A plane is making a loop
The beavers are so cute
A tree gave me a fruit

Hello, hello
I take you on a trip
Hello, hello
I take you on a trip

(Cocoon)

A Felicidade

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

A felicidade é como a pluma
Que o vento vai levando pelo ar
Voa tão leve
Mas tem a vida breve
Precisa que haja vento sem parar

A felicidade do pobre parece
A grande ilusão do carnaval
A gente trabalha o ano inteiro
Por um momento de sonho
Pra fazer a fantasia
De rei ou de pirata ou jardineira
Pra tudo se acabar na quarta-feira

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

A felicidade é como a gota
De orvalho numa pétala de flor
Brilha tranquila
Depois de leve oscila
E cai como uma lágrima de amor

A minha felicidade está sonhando
Nos olhos da minha namorada
É como esta noite, passando, passando
Em busca da madrugada
Falem baixo, por favor
Pra que ela acorde alegre com o dia
Oferecendo beijos de amor

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

Tristeza não tem fim
Felicidade sim

(Gal Costa)

Meu Destino (My Destiny)

Eu vou sem nenhuma direcção,
E eu sou não preciso nada mais,
Lua, estrela, meu caminho meu destino,
Lua, sol, me dá o seu calor,
Chuva, o seu olhar,
Que me dá o seu calor, que me dá a direcção,
Que me dá o meu valor, que me dá o seu calor,
Eu vou eu vou, eu sou eu sou,
Eu vou eu vou, sem nenhuma direcção

(Thievery Corporation)

Toi et Moi

Ce matin, trois milles licenciés, grève des Sapeurs Pompiers
Embouteillages et pollution pour Paris agglomération

Ce matin, l’Abbé Pierre est mort, on l’enterre sur TF1
Deux clochards retrouvés morts près du canal St Martin

Ce matin, le CAC va de l’avant, deux soldats de moins pour l’occident
Dix civils de tués à Bagdad dans les bras sanglants du Djihad

Toi et moi dans tout ça, on n’apparaît pas, on se contente d’être là
On s’aime et puis voilà on s’aime

Ce matin, menace de grippe aviaire, trop de fascisme en Bavière
L’Iran travaille au nucléaire et Areva squatte le Niger

Ce matin, rapport sur le climat, il ne survivrait que les rats
Fonte des glaces en Alaska et grosse chaleur en Angola

Toi et moi dans tout ça, on n’apparaît pas, on se contente d’être là
On s’aime et puis voilà on s’aime
Toi et moi dans le temps, au milieu de nos enfants, plus personne plus de gens
Plus de vent, on s’aime
Ce matin

Ce matin, pendaison de Saddam, l’ONU crie au scandale
Le Tibet se meurt sous les balles d’une Chine qui fait son capital

Toi et moi dans tout ça, on n’apparaît pas, on se contente d’être là
On s’aime et puis voilà on s’aime
Toi et moi dans le temps, au milieu de nos enfants, plus personne plus de gens
Plus de vent, on s’aime

Ce matin, il fait presque beau, ça tombe bien, je me suis levé tôt
Avec le coq et les oiseaux, sans journaux et sans météo

Ce matin, j’attaque un autre jour avec toi mon amour
Cette journée durera toujours, on en fera jamais le tour

Toi et moi dans tout ça, on n’apparaît pas, on se contente d’être là
On s’aime et puis voilà on s’aime
Toi et moi dans le temps, au milieu de nos enfants, plus personne plus de gens
Plus de vent, on s’aime

(Tryo)

Resurrection Fern

In our days, we will live
Like our ghosts will live
Pitching glass at the cornfield crows and folding clothes
Like stubborn boys across the road
We'll keep everything
Grandma's gun and the black bear claw that took her dog
And when sister Lowery says Amen, we won't hear anything
The ten-car train will take that word, that fledgling bird
And the fallen house across the way
It'll keep everything
The baby's breath, our bravery wasted and our shame

And we'll undress beside the ashes of the fire
Both our tender bellies wound in baling wire
All the more pair of under water pearls
Than the oak tree and its ressurection fern

In our days we will say what our ghosts will say
We gave the world what we saw fit and what'd we get
Like stubborn boys with big green eyes
We'll see everything
In the timid shade of the autumn leaves and the buzzards wings

And we'll undress beside the ashes of the fire
Our tender bellies are wound around in baling wire
All the more pair of under water pearls
Than the oak tree and its resurrection fern

(Iron & Wine)

Nantes

Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile
And I'll gamble away my fright
And I'll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile

Nobody raise your voices
Just another night to mourn to
Nobody raise your voices
Just another night to mourn to

"Oh non je t'en prie, nous ne sommes pas chez nous.
-Oh je t'assures que ce n'est pas grave.
-Non laisse moi !
-Qu'est-ce que tu as aujourd'hui ?
-Je sais que les hommes me dיgoutent. Vous ne pensez qu'א חa"

Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile
And I'll gamble away my fright
And I'll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile

(Beirut)

Não Sei Falar De Amor

Ó vizinho, ora bom dia
como vai a saudinha?
eu não sei falar de amor...

Ó vizinho e este tempo?
a chuva dá pouco alento...
e eu não sei falar de amor...

Ó vizinho e o carteiro?
que se engana no correio...
e eu não sei falar de amor...

e soubesse eu artifícios
de falar sem o dizer
não ia ser tão difícil
revelar-te o meu querer...

a timidez ata-me a pedras
e afunda-me no rio
quanto mais o amor medra
mais se afoga o desvario...

e retrai-se o atrevimento
a pequenas bolhas de ar

e o querer deste meu corpo
vai sempre parar ao mar

Ó vizinho e a novela?
será que ele ficou com ela?
e eu não sei falar de amor...

Ó vizinho e o respeito?
não se leva nada a peito...
e eu não sei falar de amor...

e soubesse eu artifícios
de falar sem o dizer
não ia ser tão difícil
revelar-te o meu querer...

a timidez ata-me a pedras
e afunda-me no rio
quanto mais o amor medra
mais se afoga o desvario...

e retrai-se o atrevimento
a pequenas bolhas de ar

e o querer deste meu corpo
vai sempre parar ao mar

Ó vizinho então Adeus
vou cuidar de sonhos meus
que eu não sei falar de amor...

(Deolinda)

Sémen

Sémen, Sémen, Sémen
Semente dum corpo que sai
Do corpo da gente
Velha disputa do sexo
Nunca é quem se espera
Terá isso nexo;
Será menino ou menina
Ao pai pouco importa
É mais um anexo
Bem ninguém vê
O que tem
Só vê o que não tem.

(Xutos & Pontapés)

Sex on Fire

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
The kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking

You
Your sex is on fire

Dark of the alley
The breaking of day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them nuckles is pale
Feels like you're dying
Your dying

You
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
Your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the words to transpire

And you
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

(Kings of Leon)

Long Nights

Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before

I've got this light
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...

I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know

I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground

(Eddie Vedder)

Motel

Long distance call with the lying man
he said twenty miles from the airport is the promised land
a night in detroit he perfumed my ear
come into my spot no reason to fear
I'm inside the postcard and soon I can smell
The spell of the Motel
The lying man was standing deep in the shade
singing a sweet serenade
he's back in the sixties
hell's angels parade
we were surrounded by graveyards and american flags
it was the end of the day
we walked to the room and started to pray
So hungry I went out to find a sushi
the avenue was vast - a desert
nothing but a pale girl staring at me
I'd rather meet a pervert or a human sushi
she asked me for a nickel
I ask her for a kiss
misunderstanding
no reason for a battle
I went back to the motel
the only light i could see
I needed a bath and bubbles around me
I vanished into the water and gently smiled
I sniffed my baby's pants and lied on her sidewalk’s
Tomorrow we'll be in Mexico

(Moriarty)

Pleasant Street

You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember where to go
You don't remember what to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies
Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

At twilight your lover comes to your room
He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom
And softly you'll whisper all around his ear
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street
I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel"

All the stony people
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
I can't hesitate
And I can't wait
For Pleasant Street

You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember which way to go
You don't remember who to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

(Tim Buckley)

Spiral

there's a lot of people out there having a hard time tonight
amongst the whispers of revolution and shouts of hang on tight
a lot of crippled hearts out there, some will never mend
losing our patience and losing too many good men
some say it's the end times and some say it's all just begun
some are hiding in the churches and some are hiding in the gun
some are thinking it's extinction, some are swearing by salvation
noting nostradamus or relating revelations
you come on down, you spiral down
come down well within this regency
you can put it down and you could jot it down
reinvent some new form of decency
it sure is getting hotter and the water is on the rise
don't want to live forever but another generation would be nice

(Giant Sand)

Afternoon

I love, I love, I love the end of the afternoon
It makes me think of you..uh..
Eu amo a tarde
O final da tarde
As coisas ficam mais soltas
As coisas ficam mais soltas
Os sorrisos mais altos
As cores das coisas ficam
As coisas ficam mais outras
Soltas no final da tarde

Os beijos ficam mais húmidos
Os lápis mais rápidos
As telhas mais frias, o fim se inicia
E o gado fica mais calmo

As dores ficam mais mornas
E os amores mais mais mais absolutos
No final da tarde eu amo a tarde
E os saltos dos sapatos ficam mais altos
E os dedos dos soldados abrem as ruas
E as palavras de dentro ficam fora
E o centro onde eu moro vira norte
E as almas das pessoas ficam nuas
E a vontade das vontades é te ver
E a vontade das vontades é te ter
No final da tarde eu amo a tarde
As coisas ficam mais soltas
Os sorrisos mais altos as cores das coisas
Ficam soltas…

I, I want to see you, I want to see you now
Cause I think of you in the end of the afternoon
I love the end of the afternoon..uh ararara..
Soltas, Soltas, Soltas, as dores ficam mais mornas
E os amores mais, mais absolutos..
E o gado fica mais calmo
E a vontade das vontades é te ver
E a vontade das vontades é te ter..uh uh
I love the end of the afternoon
As cores ficam mais outras, eu amo a tarde
As coisas ficam mais soltas, ir além da tarde..uh..
To see you, enjoy it.

(Ive Mendes)

Pieter Botha

(Ali Farka Touré)

Fool's Gold

The gold road's sure a long road
winds on through the hills for fifteen days

The pack on my back is achin'
the straps seem to cut me like a knife

The gold road's sure a long road
winds on through the hills for fifteen days

The pack on my back is achin'
the straps seem to cut me like a knife

I'm no clown, I won't back down
I don't need you to tell me what's goin' down
down, down, down, down, da down, down, down
down, down, down, down, da down, down, down

I'm standing alone
I'm watching you all
I'm seeing you sinking
I'm standing alone
you're weighing the gold
I'm watching you sinking
Fool's gold

These boots were made for walking
the Marquis De Sade never made no boots like these

Gold's just around the corner
breakdown's coming up 'round the bend

(how ya doin'?)

Sometimes you have to try to get along dear
I know the truth and I know what you're thinking

Down, down, down, down, da down, down, down

I'm standing alone
I'm watching you all
I'm seeing you sinking
I'm standing alone
you're weighing the gold
I'm watching you sinking
Fool's gold

(Stone Roses)

Venus In Furs

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

(The Velvet Underground & Nico)

Por Quem Não Esqueci

Há uma voz de sempre que chama por mim
para que eu lembre que a noite tem fim
Ainda procuro por quem não esqueci
Em nome de um sonho, em nome de ti

Procuro à noite, um sinal de ti
Espero à noite, por quem não esqueci
Eu peço à noite, um sinal de ti
Por quem eu não esqueci

Por sinais perdidos, espero em vão
Por tempos antigos, por uma canção
Ainda procuro, por quem não esqueci
Por quem já não volta, por quem eu perdi

Procuro à noite, um sinal de ti
Espero à noite, por quem não esqueci
Eu peço à noite, um sinal de ti
Por quem eu não esqueci

(Tim)

Stories From the Bar

To the bar where I wish
That I could end this
Start
Here with all my vices I
Fall in the jar and it
Seems I am in this
Path
In between disguises I
To the bar and I lose
Me in my pictures
Half
Head in two devices I
Pause when they come in a
Million different pieces
Darts
Wearing different sizes

I dreamt I was a letter
Telling stories from the bar
Sailing a canoe to where
The wild things are

To the start where I know
I’ll never end this
Path
Here with all my vices I
Laugh as they drum to the
Sound of monkey voices
Past
Where I left my toy singers
Climb the mast, cos I know
That I can win this
Blast
Almost scratching heaven I

I dreamt I was a letter
Telling stories from the bar
Sailing a canoe to where
The wild things are

I dreamt I was a letter
Telling stories from the bar
Sailing a canoe to where
The wild things are

To the barge that is waiting
For my choices
Fast
Run to kubla promises
Wear feline masks, we’ll go
Sailing through the moons eye
Glass
Love will rule my left hand sky

(Infadels)