Fadista Valéria Mendez

"FADISTA"

ABSINTHE SLEW MY ABSTINENCE,
AND MY APPETITES THEY FOLLOWED,

ONCE YOU'VE USED YOUR FORBIDDEN TEETH
ALL BITTERNESS SEEMS HOLLOW.

CHEW IT UP, TO SPIT IT OUT
JUST LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW,
BEAUTY'S TAKEN A BEATING ROUND HERE
EVER SINCE, THE DEATH OF " FADO "

FROM THIS SHORE, I SEEK GOOD TIDES
I CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO JERSEY

I'M AT THE EDGE, OF THE THINGS I FIND
BUT MY SOLITUDE IS NOT WORRIED.

YOU COULD BE MY INVISIBLE STAR
OUR MYSTERIOUS LADY OF ALL SORROWS,
BUT I WILL NOT BUILD A SHRINE TO YOU,
OF ALL THE DUST I'VE SWALLOWED.

THE SILVER'S ALL BEEN EMPTIED OUT
FROM THE VAULTS OF OLD " CHIADO "
BEAUTY'S TAKEN A BEATING ROUND HERE
SINCE THE LONG, SLOW DEATH OF " FADO ".

ON THE STREET, THAT NIGHT I HEARD HER SING,
HER ARMS WRAPPED ROUND HER BOOMBOX.

STOOD WITH SUNGLASSES AND BLACK HAIR
TWO MEN, HER SENTRIES SILENT.

THE SONG WAS OF A RIVER TOWN
AND THE BLIND " FADISTA" 'S HONOUR
BEAUTY'S TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO PAIN
EVER SINCE THE DEATH OF " FADO ".

BUT I TRUST, YOU WILL CHOOSE BEAUTY AGAIN,
JUST LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW.

SHERYL CROW

Uma belíssima homenagem aos Fadistas. Pela parte que me toca, obrigada, Sheryl !

Publicado por Valéria Mendez em setembro 28, 2004 07:20 PM