A CIDADE NUA E NOTURNA DE ED MOTTA (4)

A CIDADE NUA E NOTURNA DE ED MOTTA (4)

St. Christopher's Last Stand

Ed Motta

Composição: Ed Motta/Robert Gallagher

Saint Christopher
He's lost and shaking
He didn't know
The neighbourhood ends
Their walking
In the streets
Is that your dog
With my name
In my name
Is that rain
Goodnight
Even more rain
Goodnight
Zofo plays
Broken world
And clouds will laugh
With broken voices
To play just once
With not one reason
So slowly hear it walk
Can't hold it still
We're waiting
In our names
Is that rain
It's here
The last song came
Good night
Zofo plays
Broken world


*****


The Caretaker

Composição: Ed Motta / Robert Gallagher

Help me build moon
This evening
Night will be here
Too soon
If there's no moon
In the sky well
Angels won't see
No light
Hit the ground
And soon
There's angels
Crashing down
Around the town
My job
Is to make sure
They don't
Heavens caretaker
I'm sweeping up
Another night
Don't let them
Be complaining
Say now
I didn't see
Go let'em know
I'm starting build
That moon
Make that light
Shine it out
But there's one way
To make moon melody
It's true
A silver spoon
And kiss or two
I'll buy a kiss now
Don't be scared
This night
Will chose you
Heard your voice
Knew it was
The new you in me
I need to know
Steal your soul
Don't be scared
I'm just
Heavens caretaker
Sweeping up the night
Help me build moon
This evening
Time it won't let us be
Don't ask
For no understanding
They don't know
You won't know
I don't know
Your you in me
Makes the moon melody
Come true
If you just
Sell your kiss
It starts
The caretaker
Trying to light
Another night

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The Man From The Oldest Building

Composição Ed Motta

If I could love
The music in the air
If I could go
Just dancing everywhere
If I was the one
Who fights to live
With never care

And in green parks
I'd run until I'm light
And in pictures
I'd be the best upright
And in every street
Someone was there
To hold me tight

But I never go
(I don't even try to)
Where the others go
(I don't even cry for)
And the taste I find
No one else will find

No one is there
When I climb the stairs
And no one ever
Is watching my movies
The movies I live in
No one on the sidewalk
The side that I step on
Nobody will order
My sweet pies
And so
For this helluva drink
I'm alone
With me, me

And I go home
To meet my newest chair
And I whistle
Like something's in the air
Then the elevator doors unfold
And there was you

All around you
Is smelling something new
All about you
Is shining into view
When I turned the lights
And shut the door
Then there was you

See my furniture
(Try my dusty pillows)
See my window view
(That's a bat who dances)
These are my old stamps
I collect these things

But I forgot
To introduce myself
I'm just the guy
From the oldest of buildings
The emptiest party
The strangest of clothing
The top of the listings
Of no matches ever
But still burning deep
To be tempted to learn so
Oh, please won't you sit


O homem da mais antiga construção

Se eu pudesse amar
A música no ar
Se eu pudesse ir
Somente dançando em todo lugar
Se eu fosse um
Que luta para viver
Sem se importar

E em parques verdes
Eu correria até iluminar
E em quadros
Eu seria a melhor pintura
E em toda rua
Teria alguém
Para me abraçar forte

Mas eu nunca vou
(Eu nem mesmo tento)
Onde os outros vão
(Eu nem mesmo choro por)
E o gosto que eu encontro
Ninguém mais irá encontrar

Ninguém está lá
Quando eu subo as escadas
E ninguém mesmo está assistindo aos meus filmes
O filme em que vivo
Ninguém na calçada
O lado que eu piso
Ninguém vai pisar
Minhas doces tortas
E então
Para esse drink helluva
Eu estou só
Comigo, comigo

E eu vou pra casa
Para encontrar minha nova cadeira
E eu assobio
Como se algo estivesse no ar
Logo a porta do elevador abre
E lá estava você

Tudo ao seu redor
Cheira como algo novo
Tudo sobre você
Está brilhando dentro de uma visão
Quando eu acendi a luz
E fechei a porta
Lá estava você

Veja minha mobília
(Experimente meus travesseiros empoeirados)
Veja a visão pela janela
(Que tem um morcego que dança)
Essas são meus velhos selos
E eu coleciono essas coisas

Mas eu esqueci
De me apresentar
Eu só sou o homem
Da mais antiga construção
Da festa mais vazia
O mais estranho das roupas
O topo das listagens
Que nunca se iguala
Mas ainda queimando profundamente
Para estar apto a aprender
Oh, por favor, não que sentar-se?