Wishful thinking

I
Vou viver, até quando eu não sei.
Que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã,
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.

II

Eu quis te conhecer, mas tenho que aceitar

Caberá ao nosso amor o eterno ou o não dá

Pode ser cruel a eternidade

Eu ando em frente por sentir vontade

Eu quis te convencer, mas chega de insistir

Caberá ao nosso amor o que há-de vir

Pode ser a eternidade má

Caminho em frente pra sentir saudade

Paper clips and crayons in my bed

Everybody thinks that I am sad

I'll take a ride in melodies and bees and birds

Will hear my words

Will be both us and you and them together

I can forget about myself

Trying to be everybody else

I feel alright that we can go away

And please my day

I'll let you stay with me if you surrender

Eu quis te conhecer mas tenho que aceitar

(I can forget about myself

Trying to be everybody else)

Caberá ao nosso amor o eterno ou o não dá

(I feel all right that we can go away)

Pode ser a eternidade má

(And please my day)

Eu ando sempre pra sentir vontade.

(I'll let you stay with me if you surrender)

III

If you wanna be my friend
You want us to get along
Please do not expect me to
Wrap it up and keep it there
The observation I am doing could
Easily be understood
As cynical demeanour
But one of us misread...
And what do you know
It happened again

A friend is not a means
You utilize to get somewhere
Somehow I didn't notice
friendship is an end
What do you know
It happened again

How come no-one told me
All throughout history
The loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth
The ones who made a difference
By withstanding the indifference
I guess it's up to me now
Should I take that risk or just smile?

What do you know
It happened again
What do you know

IV

I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no skirts, ain't got no sweaters
Ain't got no perfume, ain't got no love
Ain't got no faith

Ain't got no culture, ain't got no mother
Ain't got no father, ain't got no brother
Ain't got no children, ain't got no aunts
Ain't got no uncles, ain't got no love
Ain't got no mind

Ain't got no country, ain't got no schooling
Ain't got no friends, ain't got no nothing
Ain't got no water, ain't got no air
Ain't got no smokes, ain't got no tickets
Ain't got..

Ain't got no water, ain't got no love
Ain't got no air, ain't got no god
Ain't got no wine, ain't got no money
Ain't got no air, ain't got no god
Ain't got no love

Then what have I got
Why am I alive anyway?
Yeah, what have I got
Nobody can take away

Got my hair, got my head
Got my brains, got my ears
Got my eyes, got my nose
Got my mouth, I got my sex

I got my arms, got my hands
Got my fingers, got my legs
Got my feet, got my toes
Got my liver, got my blood

I've got life, I've got laugh
I've got headache and toothache
And bad times too like you

Got my hair, got my head
Got my brains, got my ears
Got my eyes, got my nose
Got my mouth, I got my smile

I got my tongue, got my chin
Got my neck, got my boobs
Got my heart, got my soul
Got my back, I got my sex

I got my arms, got my hands
Got my fingers, got my legs
Got my feet, got my toes
Got my liver, got my blood

I've got life
I've got my freedom
I've got life

V

Pode falar que eu não ligo,

Agora, amigo,

Eu tô em outra,

Eu tô ficando velha,

Eu tô ficando louca.

Pode avisar qu'eu não vou,

Oh oh oh...

Eu tô na estrada,

Eu nunca sei da hora,

Eu nunca sei de nada.

Nem vem tirar

Meu riso frouxo com algum conselho

Que hoje eu passei batom vermelho,

Eu tenho tido a alegria como dom

Em cada canto eu vejo o lado bom.

Pode falar qu'eu nem ligo,

Agora eu sigo

O meu nariz,

Respiro fundo e canto

Mesmo que um tanto rouca.

Pode falar, não importa

O que tenho de torta,

Eu tenho de feliz,

Eu vou cambaleando

De perna bamba e solta.

Nem vem tirar

Meu riso frouxo com algum conselho

Que hoje eu passei batom vermelho,

Eu tenho tido a alegria como dom

Em cada canto eu vejo o lado bom.

VI

Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I could never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
All of these questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it all and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back
It's a final mess but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I run into suffer and I run into hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
But why the hell did I let it happen to me, yeah

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

VII

Riding on this know-how
Never been here before
Peculiarly entrusted
Possibly that's all
Is history recorded?
Does someone have a tape?
Surely, I'm no pioneer
Constellations stay the same

Just a little bit of danger
When intriguingly
Our little secret
Trusts that you trust me
'Cause no one will ever know
That this was happening
So tell me why you listen
When nobody's talking

What is there to know?
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity

What is there to know?
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity

What is there to know?
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity

VIII

estou de volta pro meu aconchego

trazendo na mala bastante saudade

querendo

um sorriso sincero, um abraço

para aliviar meu cansaço

e toda essa minha vontade

que bom

poder 'tá contigo de novo

roçando o teu corpo e beijando você

prá mim tu és a estrela mais linda

seus olhos me prendem, fascinam

a paz que eu gosto de ter

é duro ficar sem você

vez em quando

parece que falta um pedaço de mim

me alegro na hora de regressar

parece que eu vou mergulhar

na felicidade sem fim

IX

when all waters still
and flowers cover the earth
when no tree's shivering
and the dust settles in the desert

when i can take your hand
on any crowded street
and hold you close to me
with no hesitating

X

Everything, everything, everything, everything..

In its right place

Right place

Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon

Everything, everything, everything, everything..

In its right place

Right place

There are two colours in my head

What is that you tried to say?

What was that you tried to say?

Tried to say.. tried to say..

Everything in its right place

XI

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you
And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide
But I love you until the end of time

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Oh, come what may, come what may
I will love you, I will love you
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

XII

sweet oh luscious life
celebrate your dreams when you are away
doesn't it taste so sweet
like it's growing on oh growing on the trees
growing on the trees

when you pick me up off the ground
i'll slowly turn you from a frown
sweet oh luscious life

my sweet oh my sweet oh luscious life
you taste so sweet
when you are so free
my sweet oh luscious life you taste so sweet to me

hold time no need for the moment of the day
i celebrate i need i need today

one minute of the day
to celebrate
to let it be
to feel so free
when you and me
in a sweet luscious life
for a minute of day
you taste so sweet

Whisful thinking

I
Vou viver, até quando eu não sei.
Que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã,
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.


II
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I could never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
All of these questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it all and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back
It's a final mess but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I run into suffer and I run into hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
But why the hell did I let it happen to me, yeah

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off


III
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
of someone else's game.

Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!

It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I am defying gravity
and you won’t bring me down!

I'm through accepting limits
‘cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!

Too long I've been afraid of losing love
I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
it comes at much too high a cost!

I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
and you won’t bring me down!


IV
Do you see the way that tree bends?
Does it inspire?
Leanin' out to catch the sun's ray
A lesson to be applied
Are you getting something out of this
All-encompassing trip

You can spend your time alone
redigesting past regrets
Or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense

Have you ideas on how this life ends?
Checked your hands and studied the lines?
Have you the belief that the road ahead
ascends off into the light?

Seems that needlessly it's gettin' harder
to find an approach and a way to live
Are we gettin' something out of this
All-encompassing trip

You can spend your time alone
redigesting past regrets
Or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense


V
I've been roaming around
always looking down at all I see
Painted faces, fill the places I can’t reach

You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street

You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you

Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
Someone like me
Someone like me, somebody

Go and let it out
Someone like you, somebody

I've been roaming around,
always looking down at all I see


VI
Não importa sol ou sombra,
camarotes ou barreiras,
toureamos ombro a ombro
as feras.
Ninguém nos leva ao engano
toureamos mano a mano
só nos podem causar dano
esperas.
Entram guizos, chocas e capotes
e mantilhas pretas,
entram espadas, chifres e derrotes
e alguns poetas,
entram bravos, cravos e dichotes
porque tudo o mais
são tretas.
Entram vacas depois dos forcados
que não pegam nada.
Soam brados e olés dos nabos
que não pagam nada
e só ficam os peões de brega
cuja profissão
não pega.
Com bandarilhas de esperança
afugentamos a fera,
estamos na praça
da Primavera.
Nós vamos pegar o mundo
pelos cornos da desgraça
e fazermos da tristeza
graça.
Entram velhas doidas e turistas,
entram excursões,
entram benefícios e cronistas,
entram aldrabões,
entram marialvas e coristas,
entram galifões
de crista.
Entram cavaleiros à garupa
do seu heroísmo,
entra aquela música maluca
do passodoblismo,
entra a aficionada e a caduca
mais o snobismo
e cismo...
Entram empresários moralistas,
entram frustrações,
entram antiquários e fadistas
e contradições
e entra muito dólar muita gente
que dá lucro as milhões.
E diz o inteligente
que acabaram as canções.


VII
If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
for I've never known completeness
like being here
wrapped in the warmth of you
loving every breath of you
still my heart this moment
oh it might burst..

Could we stay right here
till the end of time until the earth stops turning?
Wanna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

All this time I've loved you
and never known your face,
all this time I've missed you
and searched this human race
Here is true peace,
here my heart knows calm,
safe in your soul,
bathed in your sighs..
Wanna stay right here
till the end of time
till the earth stops turning,
gonna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for..

All I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this,
all I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this..

Wanna stay right here
till the end of time till the earth stops turning..
Gonna love you till the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for..


VIII
All those concrete things like net
And hold it
You would like to spend
More time
Now that our days are full of people
And cars
And million species
All those concrete things
The concrete things
The trees and days
The look and cook
The object the subject
Why and where are those concrete things?
So just get away
Of this time
Feeling all the nature
The animals
The fresh air
The blue sky
Those nightlives are really gone
Are really gone
Are really really gone
And now here I am
In this weird places with nothing more
Nothing more
With air
With food
And natural flowers
Waiting and waiting for hours
For those concrete things
Sitting and thinking in a problem, so normal
In love or drama
Missing the TV near me
Million species
Million cars
Languid lights like the cinemas
More than love
More than that
Working and working for the word concrete


IX
Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é curta, diga-me lá, se souber quantos metros tem a dor. E já que ainda por cima a vida é pesada diga-me lá, se puder, quantos quilos tem o amor. E já que a paciência tem os seus limites diga-me lá quantos são, que é p'ra eu saber se espero ou não quando for desesperar. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é bela, diga-me lá se souber em que espelho a devo olhar. Mas, se por outro lado, diz que a vida é dura, arranje-me aí, se tiver, um capacete p'ra eu marrar. E já que a vida é feita de pequenos nadas guarde-me aí quatro ou cinco que é p'ra quando for domingo eu os poder saborear. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é breve, arranje-me aí os ponteiros dum relógio que atrasar. E já que no fundo vai tudo dar ao mesmo diga-me se o mesmo é mesmo tudo o que ainda vai mudar. E já que é preciso deitar contas à vida, desconte-me aí os meses em que apenas fiz as vezes doutro que não era eu. Já que a vida é curta e o futuro diz que está aqui já (sei lá), já que o futuro vem em peças separadas p'ra montar (ah! ah! ah! ah!), antes que se esgote reserve desde já o seu exemplar. Caramba, está-se p'raqui a dançar na corda bamba sem se saber para que lado é que se cai nem com que pé é que se samba.


X
I wanna live life and never be cruel
I wanna live life and be good to you
And I wanna fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
I wanna live life and always be true
I wanna live life and be good to you
And I wanna fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I wanna live where the sun comes out


XI
Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
Will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken
And you say that I'm the only one, the only one, yeah
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning star?

I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, cause I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?


XII
The lights go on
the lights go off
When things don't feel right
I lie down like a tired dog
licking his wounds in the shade

When I feel alive
I try to imagine a careless life,
a scenic world where the sunsets are all
breathtaking.

12 desejos

I
Vou viver, até quando eu não sei.
Que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã,
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.

II
Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh reckless abandon,
Like no one's watching you

A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh

Just stay there
Cause I'll be comin' over
While our blood’s still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop ‘til it's over
Won't stop to you surrender

Songs of desperation
I played them for you
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, Our wrongs
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh

Just stay there
Cause I'll be comin' over
While our blood’s still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop til it's over
Won't stop to you surrender

A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs (won't stop til it's over)
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
A moment, a love (won't stop to you surrender)

III
We can remember swimming in December,
Heading for the city lights, in 1975
We share in each other
Nearer than father
The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes

We are the people that rule the world
A force running in every boy and girl
All rejoicing in the world
Take me now
We can try

We lived an adventure
Love in the Summer
Followed the sun ‘till night
Reminiscing other times of life
For each every other
The feeling was stronger
The shock hit eleven
Got lost in your eyes

I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me, but I know I try
Are you gonna leave me now
Can’t you be believing now

Can you remember and humanize,
It was still where we’d energized,
Lie in the sand and visualize like it’s 75 again

We are the people that rule the world
A force running in every boy and girl
All rejoicing in the world
Take me now
We can try

I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me, but I know I try
Are you gonna leave me now
Can’t you be believing now

I know everything about you
You know everything about me
Know everything about us

I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me, but I know I try
Are you gonna leave me now
Can’t you be believing now

IV
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
and washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can’t carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
the dog days are done
Can’t you hear the horses
’Cos here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
and what was left after that too. oh.
Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind
Struck from a great height
by someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
can you hear the horses
’Cos here they come
Run fast for your mother and fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can’t carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
Can you hear the horses because here they come

V
Strike a pose.
Strike a pose.
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue

Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go [look around]
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know [life that you know]

When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor and here's what it's for, so

Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music [move to the music]
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow [go with the flow]
You know you can do it

All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for [that's what it's for]
Go inside for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door [open up the door]

It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it

Come on, vogue
Let your body groove to the music [move to the music]
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow [go with the flow]
You know you can do it

Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor

Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music [move to the music]
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow [go with the flow]
You know you can do it

Vogue, [Vogue]
Beauty's where you find it [move to the music]
Vogue, [Vogue]
Beauty's where you find it [go with the flow]

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers, dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fella's that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue, vogue, vogue, vogue

Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to just,
Vogue!

VI
Been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun don’t put me down,
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet,
I won’t let you in again, the messages I’ve tried to send,
my informations’ just not going in,
burnin’ bridges shore to shore, I’ll break away from something more,
I’m not to not to love until it’s cheap,
been there, done that, messed around,
I’m having fun don’t put me down,
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet,

This time baby
I’ll be
Bulletproof

I won’t let you turn around,
and tell me now I’m much too proud,
to walk away from something when it’s dead,
do do do your dirty words come out to play when you are heard,
there’s certain things that should be left unsaid,
tick tick tick tick on the watch and life’s too short for me to stop,
Oh baby, your time is running out,
I won’t let you turn around,
and tell me now I’m much too proud,
All you do is fill me up with doubt,

This time baby
I’ll be
Bulletproof

VII
Tonight we're the sea and the salty breeze
the milk from your breast is on my lips
and lovelier words from your mouth to me
when salty my sweat and fingertips

Our hands they seek the end of afternoon
My hands believe and move over you

Tonight we're the sea and the rhythm there
the waves and the wind and night is black
tonight we're the scent of your long black hair
spread out like your breath across my back

Your hands they move like waves over me
beneath the moon, tonight, we're the sea

VIII
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Sitting in a sand-pit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men.

Can you imagine when this race is run
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody, some are the beat
Sooner or later they all be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs that we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

IX
There is a house built out of stone
Wooden floors, walls and window sills
Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust
This is a place where I don't feel alone
This is a place where I feel at home

’Cause I built a home
for you
for me

Until it disappeared
from me
from you

And now it's time to leave and turn to dust

Out in the garden where we planted the seeds
There is a tree as old as me
Branches were sewn by the color of green
Ground had arose and passed it's knees

By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top
I climbed the tree to see the world
When the gusts came around to blow me down
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
I held on as tightly as you held onto me


’Cause I built a home
for you
for me

Until it disappeared
from me
from you

And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust

X
I spilled the ink across the page trying to spell your name
So I fold it up and I flick it out
Paper Aeroplane
It wont fly the seven seas to you
Cause It didn't leave my room
But it awaits the hands of someone else
The garbage man

Got to say mmm mmm mmm

So he opens it up and reads it out to all his friends
Amongst the crowd a heart will break and a heart will mend
He walks on home tired from work
The letter falls from his hand
He reaches out only to catch the sky
It's gone with the wind

I spilled the ink across the land
Trying to spell your name
UP and down there it goes
Paper Aeroplane
It hasn't flown the seven seas to you
But it's on it's way
It goes through the hands
Then to someone else
To find you girl

XI
You're probably right, seen from your side, that I've been lucky
but I've been meaning to crack all week.
Yes I've been involved, it never resolved into anything shocking.
Pains playing yoyo in my body as we speak.

And now I found something to look for, but I can't decide,
'Cause I might find that to stroll behind is better than to score.
Just like I did before.

It wouldn't be true, not towards you, to say that I'm staying.
When on every single impulse, on every other move I react.
'Cause in any old creek, with changing technique, you'll see me playing.
After any old motherfucking blow I'll be back.

We turned away from instant stuff
our cracking codes were breaking up
our words were sucked out it made them clean.
And after lowness say it
and after more let it be known
Our codes are grown into something mean.

You're probably right, as for tonight, you're making me nervous.
What is it you want me to be thinking of?
I'll put on a movie, I'll play something groovy as a matter of service
And I'll chuckle when you smile as a matter of love.
'Cause you know it's not my style to be giving up now.
And this pain in my side, I had enough.

This time I go for Instant Street
This life's a soulless excuse for all abuse and parenthesis.
The flyspecked windows and the stinking lobbies
they'll remain all the same, all the same.

This time I go. This time I go..

XII
Where do you go
When your tides get low
In the summer dress
Of your drunkenness

I go far from here
Where the silence sleeps
In the very deeps
Of the holy blue

And I dream of you
And I dream of you
Dream of you
Dream of you

What do you say
When the rotted day
Is around your feet
In the noisy street

And your eyes fall rain
From pain from pain
I say never again
Never again
Never again

Why do you wander
So light though falling
In the underwater calling

I skate like a bird
Drunk on a word
Almost in love
If I only knew

But the best will drive
Through me and you
Me and you
Me and you

12 desejos

I
Vou viver até quando eu não sei,
que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.

II
Flies are buzzing around my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
Big fish eat the little ones
Big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some

You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on an animal farm

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

I'd really like to help you man
I'd really like to help you man.....
Nervous messed up marionette
Floating around on a prison ship

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can

III
I warned you, you didn’t believe me
I warned you, you didn’t believe me
I warned you, you didn’t believe me
I warned you and now you’re caught
There’s some people
that you just can’t trust
Some people talk way too much
Take my advice and listen up
Don’t be a fool like the rest of us.
Now listen up

oooooo on the playground
oooooo on the playground
you learn so much
now listen up
now gather 'round
listen up
gather ‘round now
One, two, three, take it from me
three, four, so much trouble in store
four, five, get it right the first time
count it with me now

One, two, three, listen to me
three, four, so much trouble in store
four, five, get it right the first time
count it with me now

Everybody knows someone like that
who borrows money
and won’t pay you back
they'll talk about you
at the drop of a hyde
lie about it to your face
when they’re caught

Theres some people
that you just cant trust
Some people just talk too much
Take my advice and listen up
Don’t be a fool like the rest of us
Now listen up

oooooo on the playground
oooooo on the playground
you learn so much
now listen up
now gather 'round
now listen up
gather ‘round now
One, two, three, take it from me
three, four, so much trouble in store
four, five, lets get it right the first time

Count it with me now
One, two, three, take it from me
three, four, so much trouble in store
four, five, get it right the first time
count it with me now

IV
Although you think I cope
my head is filled with hope
of some place other than here

Although you think I smile
inside all the while
I'm wondering about my destiny

I'm thinking about
all the things
I'd like to do in my life

I'm a dreamer
a distant dreamer
dreaming for hope from today

Even when you see me frown
my heart won't let me down
because I know there's better things to come (woah yeah)

And when life gets tough
I feel I've had enough
I hold on to a distant star

I'm thinking about
all the things
I'd like to do in my life

I'm a dreamer
A distant dreamer
dreaming for hope from today.

V
I had a plan, was all made up
An angel was sent for keeping all troubles away.
'Cause lady and I, we could not stop
As cool as a sigh, as volatile as something you say.

I had a dream, a simple plot
I held out my hand as if she'd never pushed it away.
The sun is still there, except it's not
Beside her I care to linger even though it's not safe.

Godawful I adore you
Angels were there before you
Nothing can stop what we do
It's breaking us up in two.

Hey maybe should we ask it
Could our friends be worthier.
Like things we trust for if we must
We must burn them.
And burn them good, real friends they would
Be understanding if it came to us
And us we must,
we must turn to the God of small things
The God of small things.

VI
You're such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
you're not like all of the others
and that is why I love you..
beautiful freak, beautiful freak
some people think you have a problem
but that problem lies only with them
just 'cause you are not like the others
but that is why I love you
beautiful freak, beautiful freak
too good for this world
but I hope you will stay
and I’ll be here to see
that you don't fade away
you're such a beautiful freak
I bet you are flying inside
dart down and then go for cover
and know that I
I love you
beautiful freak,
you know that I
I love you
beautiful freak, beautiful freak.

VII
Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
Who are young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes in to us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
But then a strange fear gripped me
And I just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
Oh take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
No, I haven't got one

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes in to us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

There is a light that never goes out

VIII
Sentir de novo
Aquela dor
A pouco e pouco respirar
Aquele amor que foi
Vivido e esquecido
Em segredo
Como ninguém

Perdoar
Como perdoar
Há tanto tempo que eu queria mudar
Queria voltar
Acordar
Deixar o dia passar devagar
Assim ficar

Sentir de novo
Aquele amor
A pouco e pouco consolar
Aquela dor que foi sentida e sofrida
Em silêncio

Chegar de novo
Sentir o amor
Voltar a casa sem pensar
Deixar a luz entrar
Esquecer aquela mágoa
Sem ter medo
Como ninguém

Encontrar
Poder encontrar
Todas as coisas que eu não soube dar
Saber amar
Perdoar
Saber perdoar
Há tanto tempo que eu queria mudar
Queria voltar
Aceitar
Deixar que o tempo te faça voltar
Saber esperar

IX
Para ver
Para dar
Para estar
Para ter
Para ir
Pra ouvir
Pra sorrir e entrar
Para rir
Pra voltar
A tentar
Pra sentir
E mudar
Pra voltar a cair
Para me levantar
Para nunca mais tentar
Mentir
Pra crescer
Para amar
Para ser
O lugar
Pra viver
E gostar
De gostar
De viver
Pra fugir
Pra mostrar
Pra dizer
Pra ter paz
Pra dormir
Pra fingir acordar
Para ser
Derramar
Para nunca mais tentar
Mentir

X
A contas com o bem que tu me fazes
A contas com o mal por que passei
Com tantas guerras que travei
Já não sei fazer as pazes

São flores aos milhões entre ruínas
Meu peito feito campo de batalha
Cada alvorada que me ensinas
Oiro em pó que o vento espalha

Cá dentro inquietação, inquietação
É só inquietação, inquietação
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei ainda

Há sempre qualquer coisa que está para acontecer
Qualquer coisa que eu devia perceber
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei ainda

Ensinas-me a fazer tantas perguntas
Na volta das respostas que eu trazia
Quantas promessas eu faria
Se as cumprisse todas juntas

Não largues esta mão no torvelinho
Pois falta sempre pouco para chegar
Eu não meti o barco ao mar
Para ficar pelo caminho

Cá dentro inquietação, inquietação
É só inquietação, inquietação
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei ainda

Há sempre qualquer coisa que está para acontecer
Qualquer coisa que eu devia perceber
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei
Porquê, não sei ainda

Cá dentro inquietação, inquietação
É só inquietação, inquietação
Porquê, não sei
Mas sei
É que não sei ainda

Há sempre qualquer coisa que eu tenho que fazer
Qualquer coisa que eu devia resolver
Porquê, não sei
Mas sei
Que essa coisa é que é linda.

XI
In this little town
cars they don't slow down
The lonely people here
They throw lonely stares
Into their lonely hearts

I watch the traffic lights
I drift on Christmas nights
I wanna set it straight
I wanna make it right
But girl you're so far away

Oh, hold still for a moment and I'll find you
I'm so close, I'm just a small step behind you girl
And I could hold you if you just stood still

I jaywalk through this town
I drop leaves on the ground
But lonely people here
Just gaze their eyes on air
And miss the autumn roar
I roam through traffic lights
I fade through Christmas nights
I wanna set it straight
I wanna make it right
But man you're so far away

Oh, I'll hold still for a moment so you'll find me
You're so close, I can feel you all around me boy
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there

Oh, hold still for a moment and I'll find you
You're so close, I can feel you all around me
And I could hold you if you just stood still
Oh, I'll hold still for a moment so you'll find me
I'm so close, I'm just a small step behind you
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there

XII
if it takes control of your body and soul, embrace it!
if it makes you cry or leave you wondering why,
don't turn around, face it!
but do turn cold if they promise you gold for the price of silver
if it's chemically made by people you hate
pinch your arm, see if they still there.

everything you want is what I got to give you
you just have to let yourself come with me now
everything you want is what I got to give you
there's no time to hesitate, come with me now
let's go and watch the sun rise

let your heart run along to the rhythm of the song

12 desejos

I
Vou viver, até quando eu não sei.
Que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã,
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.

II
Para ver
Para dar
Para estar
Para ter
Para ir
Pra ouvir
Pra sorrir e entrar
Para rir
Pra voltar
A tentar
Pra sentir
E mudar
Pra voltar a cair
Para me levantar
Para nunca mais tentar
Mentir
Pra crescer
Para amar
Para ser
O lugar
Pra viver
E gostar
De gostar
De viver
Pra fugir
Pra mostrar
Pra dizer
Pra ter paz
Pra dormir
Pra fingir acordar
Para ser
Derramar
Para nunca mais tentar
Mentir

III
Took a ride to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes,
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know,
But the pain and the longing's the same when you're dying,
Now I’m lost and I’m screaming for help, alone.
Relax, take it easy,
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy,
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
It’s as if I’m scared.
It’s as if I’m terrified.
It’s as if I’m scared.
It’s as if I’m playing with fire.
Scared.
It’s as if I’m terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax,
There is an answer to the darkest times.
It’s clear we don’t understand
but the last thing on my mind Is to leave you.
I believe that we’re in this together.
Don’t scream – there are so many roads left.
Relax, take it easy,
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy,
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
It’s as if I’m scared.
It’s as if I’m terrified.
It’s as if I scared.
It’s as if I’m playing with fire.
Relax.
It’s as if I’m terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax.

IV
Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
through your weakest moments
to leave them behind you
Returning nightmares, only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright, for now
Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders
The sirens inside you
waiting to step forward
Disturbing silence darkens your sight
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright, for now
Crosses all over the boulevard
The streets outside your window overflooded
People staring, they know you've been broken
Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces
Ignore them tonight and you'll be all right
Cast some light and you’ll be alright

V
Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é curta, diga-me lá, se souber quantos metros tem a dor. E já que ainda por cima a vida é pesada diga-me lá, se puder, quantos quilos tem o amor. E já que a paciência tem os seus limites diga-me lá quantos são, que é p'ra eu saber se espero ou não quando for desesperar. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é bela, diga-me lá se souber em que espelho a devo olhar. Mas, se por outro lado, diz que a vida é dura, arranje-me aí, se tiver, um capacete p'ra eu marrar. E já que a vida é feita de pequenos nadas guarde-me aí quatro ou cinco que é p'ra quando for domingo eu os poder saborear. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é breve, arranje-me aí os ponteiros dum relógio que atrasar. E já que no fundo vai tudo dar ao mesmo diga-me se o mesmo é mesmo tudo o que ainda vai mudar. E já que é preciso deitar contas à vida, desconte-me aí os meses em que apenas fiz as vezes doutro que não era eu. Já que a vida é curta e o futuro diz que está aqui já (sei lá), já que o futuro vem em peças separadas p'ra montar (ah! ah! ah! ah!), antes que se esgote reserve desde já o seu exemplar. Caramba, está-se p'raqui a dançar na corda bamba sem se saber para que lado é que se cai nem com que pé é que se samba.

VI
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me

VII
Deixar a luz entrar
Sentir de novo
Aquela dor
Pedoar
Há tanto tempo que eu queria mudar
A corpo a corpo respirar
Aquele amor que foi
Perdoar
Sentir de novo
Aquela dor
A pouco a pouco respirar
Aquele amor que foi
Vivido e esquecido
Em segredo
Como ninguém
Perdoar
Como perdoar
Há tanto tempo que eu queria mudar
Queria voltar
Acordar
Deixar o dia passar devagar
Assim ficar
Sentir de novo
Aquele amor
A pouco a pouco consolar
Aquela dor que foi sentida e sofrida
Em silêncio
Chegar de novo
Sentir o amor
Voltar a casa sem pensar
Deixar a luz entrar
Esquecer aquela mágoa
Sem ter medo
Como ninguém
Encontrar
Poder encontrar
Todas as coisas que eu não soube dar
Saber amar
Perdoar
Saber perdoar
Há tanto tempo que eu queria mudar
Queria voltar
Aceitar
Deixar que o tempo te faça voltar
Saber esperar

VIII
Well, my friends, the time has come
To raise the roof and have some fun
Throw away the work to be done
Let the music play on
Everybody sing, everybody dance
Lose yourself in wild romance
We’re going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!
All night long! (all night)
People dancing all in the street
See the rhythm all in their feet
Life is good, wild and sweet
Let the music play on
Feel it in your heart
And feel it in your soul
Let the music take control
We’re going to party
Liming, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing my song!
All night long! (all night)
Yeah, once you get started
You can’t sit down
Come join the fun
It’s a merry go round
Everyone’s dancing
Their troubles away
Come join our party
See how we play!
Oh, yes
Were going to have a party!
All night long! (all night)
All night long!
Everyone you meet
They’re jamming in the street
All night long!
Feel good! Feel good!

IX
Have you ever wondered why those days exist
When life just seems to be the conspiracy against you
I don't know where the answers lie
But I try not to get hung up on the questions
I burn like a good bonfire
In whatever I do
I burn like a good bonfire
And I know I'll come through
The time is long overdue for us
As cleaving all of our souls
We all get so complicated in our lives
When walking just walk, when sitting just sit, when being just be
Above all don't stray from your chosen path
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And I know you'll come through
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And may peace come to you
The time is long overdue for us cleaving all of our souls
We all get so complicated in our lives
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Just burn like a good bonfire
And I know you'll come through
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And may strength flow through you

X
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your isle.
And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning,
broken lovelorn on your rocks.
For you sang "Touch me not, touch me not,
Come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Here me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, Here I am, waiting to hold you.

XI
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Traveling, traveling, traveling
Looking for something, what can it be
Oh I hate you some, I hate you some
I love you some
Oh I love you when I forget about me
I want to be strong I want to laugh along
I want to belong to the living
Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive
I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive
Do you want - do you want - do you want
To dance with me baby
Do you want to take a chance
On maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby
Well, come on
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you too
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you
I want to talk to you, I want to shampoo you
I want to renew you again and again
Applause, applause - life is our cause
When I think of your kisses
My mind see-saws
Do you see - do you see - do you see
How you hurt me baby
So I hurt you too
Then we both get so blue
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Looking for the key to set me free
Oh the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling
It's the unraveling
And it undoes all the joy that could be
I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun
I want to be the one that you want to see
I want to knit you a sweater
Want to write you a love letter
I want to make you feel better
I want to make you feel free
Hmm, Hmm, Hmm, Hmm,
Want to make you feel free
I want to make you feel free

XII
I slide myself forward
Through my head
I think half way
Backwards
See myself sing the anthem
That we wrote together
We had a dream
We had everything
We rode to the end of the world
We sode searching
Climbed skyscrapers
That later exploded
The peace was out
I leak balance
Fall down
I slide myself forward
Through my head
I always come back to the same place
Total silence
No answer
But the best thing god has created is a new day