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Porto Here So Close

Go, train, my train
Full speed ahead
Only stop when we get to the city!
 
Hello, city of Porto
The tear in the corner of the eye
It has been shut for ages with a bolt
 
It cost so much to get here
A thousand and one incidents
When least expected, the devil weaves them
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
Not long after arriving, I caught a glimpse of
Two thieves
Going through my letterbox
 
Ah, rascals, I caught you
Red-handed
Surely you don't expect me to compromise
 
It is not what you think
We came to bring you a message
That was given to us by a skulking man
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
The message says:
In the Palace there are varieties
If you go there, you'll see that you'll kill your longing
 
Me, I don't like to kill
But longing is different
It's like killing fleas, it relieves people
 
I got there and I came across
A skulking woman
I told her: Stop with this bullfighting
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
We revealed our faces, come on
And by the way, spit it out
With that hood, you look like a witch
 
Tell me what you're doing here
I play there with the attractions
In the ensemble of "Godinho e seus Godões"
 
I've been on to you for how long
I didn't set my eyes on you
Tell me whether you are or are not Etelvina
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
I am Etelvina, yes sir
Don't tell me, Etelvina
That you walk around like this because you're on the run
 
On the run? You're not OK
Me, a fugitive? Never
This outfit is just to add suspense
 
I'm a singer in the ensemble
And we appear disguised
And the audience gets creeped out
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
But in life it's different
I walk with my face uncovered
With my head and my senses well aware
 
I've seen many injustices
I speak from within me
And what comes out from here inside me comes out like this:
 
I make music for the people
And you, the people, give back
You inspire me sharps and flats
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
And I too do the same
With what the people give me
The Do-Re-Mi plus the La are free
 
I spent the whole night there
Getting into the improvisation
Regenerating my body and heart
 
Oh, I was almost dead in the desert
And Porto here so close
 
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