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1. on lust
you come over with your winning smile
you speak in words i know
i don’t even try to fight it
your hands look good when you’re walking
your hands look good when you’re dancing
your hands are good for touching
i know what they say about you
and i know a thing or two about lust
we’re both so far away from home
it’s all but echoes in my head
the beat, the lights, the people there
i don’t even try to focus
i let go because i can
i let go because i want to
i let go because it’s you
i know what they say about you
and i know a thing or two about lust
we’re both so far away from home
i know what they say about you
and i know a thing or two about lust
we’re both so far away from home
it’s all but echoes in my head
the beat, the lights, the people there
i don’t even try to focus
i let go because i can
i let go because i want to
i let go because it’s you
i know what they say about you
and i know a thing or two about lust
we’re both so far away from home
2. dream of you
i can’t only be in love with you
during my lonely hours
i can’t go without thinking of you
for days on end
and then tremble when
i talk to you
wonder what
you think of me
be sure that i’m
in lust with you
and dream of you
dream of you
3. the right boulevards
I don’t know but I have been told
There are people you can look up in the right boulevards
In their dingy offices
They’ll take care of you
They’ll patch you up, they’ll keep you all from
Crying
In their dingy offices
Cluttered with paper stacks
And artifacts to keep you all from
Crying
4. to disappear
intentions are hanging in the air
so are the feelings
but words can’t seem to find their way out of your mouth
we sit in silence
and this is leading us nowhere
there’s no way to go from here
and although i’m trying hard
you still want to disappear
it’s always seemed like a waste of time to talk
and now we seem to have forgotten how it’s done
as we stare at everything but each other
so very quietly
and this is leading us nowhere
there’s no way to go from here
and although i’m trying hard
you still want to disappear
5. if you choose to run
don’t want to scare you but it has begun
few hours left before the morning sun
it’s about to come
there’s nothing wrong with wanting to go on
no one’s going to blame you if you choose to run
it’s about to come
6. hard
get your thoughts in order
write your mum a letter
in the softest paper
lick strawberry glue
you believe it hard
just ‘cause it’s hard
It doesn’t make it true
you say it hard
just ‘cause it’s hard
It doesn’t mean it’s true
it’s come rain or sunshine
it’s for pride and bloodline
it’s forever after
write your mum a letter
7. search skin deep
finally i understand
what it’s like not to hold your hand
finally i know how it feels
heartbreak of mine won’t you leave me behind
won’t you let me go on with my life?
i will have to search skin deep
for the shallow life i seek
maybe it will take someone
without a trace of innocence
maybe it will just take a moment
heartbreak of mine won’t you leave me behind
won’t you let me go on with my life?
i will have to search skin deep
for the shallow life i seek
8. large amounts
give it up for those who have the guts
to hurt who they love
when they really have to
those who have the guts to love themselves
above all the rest
when they really must
there isn’t much i wouldn’t do for you
but don’t ask me to
stick around forever
there isn’t much i wouldn’t do for you
so don’t ask me to
stick around forever
large amounts
of fun and songs
but you still go hungry
you can still go hungry
9. the booze
came to know you one night at a bar
one beer, two beers, three beers
you’re telling me the story of your life
and i don’t really want to hear it
i have only just met you
as the booze sinks in
the air becomes unbearable
as the booze sinks in
the air becomes unbearable
in here
came to hate you that night at the bar
four beers, five beers, six beers
i can’t stand it anymore
so i left early that night and you stayed
drinking your lonely glass
as i walked away
once the booze sunk in
the air became unbearable
once the booze sunk in
the air became unbearable
in there
10. a song to celebrate our love
took my guitar and i wrote for you
don’t think i could do much better than this
you asked me for it and so here it is
(oh, come on, please)
a song to celebrate our love
love…
maybe you never would have had the guts
if i hadn’t been the one to move first
but i’m so happy that i took the plunge
now we can celebrate our love
love…
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Carnide
Recorded live at Teatro da Luz, Carnide, Lisbon on December 19th, 2010, with the support of Antena 3.
Francisca Cortesão: vox, acoustic guitar
Mariana Ricardo: bass, ukulele, vox
Manuel Dordio: electric guitar, lap steel
Nuno Pessoa: drums, percussion, vox
with
João Cabrita: saxophone, bass
noiserv: Glockenspiel, mini-keyboard
BlackBambi: vox
Marcia: vox
Walter Benjamin: vox
Stagehand: João Costa
Recorded by Nelson Carvalho, with Pedro Magalhães, Tomé Palmerim and Miguel Pereira.
Mixed and mastered by Tiago de Sousa and Nelson Carvalho at Valentim de Carvalho in February 2011.
Production by O Nariz Entupido: Bruno Fuste, André Santos and Ricardo Duarte
All songs Francisca Cortesão
Poster and album cover: José Feitor
Photos: Vera Marmelo