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Illegal Planet
02:56
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Nothing… I say nothing
Can take me outside this box they call Earth
I’m trying to get rid of all
the names that you called me
Tomorrow… I’m visiting
another planet, which is illegal
but no one, no one cares
if I make it or not
(solo)
But changes are coming
for real, take me home
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Spooky Mambo
03:07
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I can see the look in your eyes
When you stumble at my feet and walk out and cry
I wish I could see through the infinite variations of me
I can’t deny
We’re almost gone to Mars
but then the future is calling
through the birds in the sea
What does it mean?
I can’t tell
Without a fortune teller
Oh… tell me the reason
The reason why I’m gone
I can see the look in your eyes
When you stumble at my feet and walk out and cry
I wish you could see through the infinite duplicates of me
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Astro Rumba
03:07
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I remember it was December
and you remained a stranger
Will you come back or should I go
you are after all
a window to my soul
Changing lights inside
The clock goes back to my surprise
Back in my childhood dreams
everything was just as it seems
Give me a present or two
to bring to my future you
(solo)
The suspense is calling for action
and there is no room for distraction
Mind the void… in mirrored walls
cascading thrills and waterfalls
Shaking my fantasy life
holding still the butcher’s knife
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Flores Indigestas
02:31
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Na incerteza da natureza
e com o suspense
da terra em transe,
eu vou sempre em frente
em contra corrente e
Chego ao destino
assinalado
e multiplicado em muitas arestas
de salões de festas anunciadas
em embuscadas,
de grandes florestas
e flores indegestas
mas eu engulo
com um suspiro
de quem não pára
e pouco repára
nos cruzamentos/nos sentimentos
em dias cinzentos
pela autoestrada
sem a almofada
do air bag.
num acidente
parti um dente
fechei a boca
que coisa louca
sorrir assim.
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Rádio Pardal
03:26
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Foi numa noite de Verão
que um pardalito voou até mim
e sussurou esta canção
que transmitia qualquer coisa assim:
“Sei que estás apardalada
Esse é o meu estado natural
e mais nada
A fórmula que desfaz o nó
é revelada num ré sol si ré dó."
(solo)
Perguntei-lhe logo então
como é que tinha chegado até mim
ele usava uma aplicação
que se chamava ...
mas era uma distração
o objetivo tinha outro fim
ligado às ciências ancestrais
desenvolvidas por professores pardais
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Nothing came from nowhere
Longing, I wait for you
I’m broken, it’s spoken
Nothing...
See what I can do to love
(solo)
Nothing came from nowhere
Longing, I wait for you
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O Sorriso do Papagaio
01:25
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Ikea Snow
02:38
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One day I came home after a long time
And nothing was quite the same
The circus had turned into white
and the jugglers became business men
Where are all the clowns, bring back the clowns
I miss my circus life
And everyone is buying furniture in Ikea for their house,
it’s not fun
bring back the clowns
(solo)
so I travelled back into the future
100 years have passed
the planet is now hotter then ever
and there are no remains of the colour white, in fact
I see lots of orange and red everywhere
like the 1970s
and it feels like… being inside a lava lamp
which is cool
even though it’s really hot
it’s a hot planet
full of sensations
yeah
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Chien Mystérieux
02:34
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Walking down a Paris Boulevard
I found a creature from afar
It resembled a dog who could
Remember all the things that I would… n’t do
It spoke in a language from yesterday
Like in the movies or old broadway
I wasn’t sure just how to react
and I didn’t know it was the final act
the dog evolved into a creature of the night
before I knew it it took off in a flight
spreading magic and a je ne sais quois
altering minds without knowing pourquoi
Mais c’est la vie délirante
L’ombre d’un chien
de la taille d’une éléphante
C’est pourquoi je suis nonchalante
et tous les jours
j’aboie et je danse
Je mords et je bois
Je chante pour toi.
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Pony
02:49
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I came a long way
not knowing what to expect
if I had a reason
you might as well forget.
Galloping in the park
side by side
with all mankind
and no one knows what’s on my mind.
2nd voice:
"I am a pony with long curly hair
made out of plastic, now that ain’t too fair
little girls like to comb my tail
and I leave quite a trail"
I may be made of plastic,
but in night dreams, off I go
Galloping in the park
side by side
with all mankind
and no one knows what’s on my mind.
2nd voice:
"I am a pony with long curly hair
made out of plastic, now that ain’t too fair
little girls like to comb my tail
and I leave quite a trail"
A trail of magic
throughout the streams
of recycled plastic
and recycled dreams
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Unclassified
01:34
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Now it’s time to say goodbye
Thank you for floating like a butterfly
This record remains unclassified
Thank you for listening
and see you again
back in the streets sometime.
Are you still there
You’re so kind
To spare on more minute
of your precious time
Please don’t forget
to hit subscribe
on my youtube channel
That’s one of the reasons
why I’m alive.
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Rita Braga Porto, Portugal
Rita Braga is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
She has toured all over Europe and also in the US, Brazil,
Australia and Japan. Her work takes influences from early 20th century variety, electronic music pioneers, post-punk, cabaret and more. From time to time she receives insight from cartoon personalities in her dreams (such as Bugs Bunny) on how to conduct her career.
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