as if

so i put my feet into the warm sand
watching beautiful people walk by hand in hand
they all seem happy having a lot of fun
and i pick up my book to read chapter one
and there it goes

hi how are you what's your name
where are you from how long do you stay
hi how are you what's your name
where are you from how long do you stay
do you like rio
do you like rio
voce gosta do rio

so i go to the museum of modern art
to do some cultural stuff to play my tourist part
there approaches mister intellectual
he wants to chat me up i could tell
and there it goes

hi how are you...

so i am always walking
as if i knew my way
i am always walking
as if i knew my way
i cross the streets by red light
don't wait as the tourists do
i've taken of all my band aids
no more bruises from the summer shoes
and my skin is getting darker day by day
and i am always walking as if iknew my way
i am always walking as if i knew my way
to avoid the usual

oi qual e seu nome
de onde e voce
quanto tempo vai ficar
voce gosta do rio
eu gosto de voce

sweet

i tried to write a song
not too sweet not to tacky
to show you how i feel
i wanted to keep it real

i tried to say something serious
not to use too much cliche
but there my voice went shaking
and my coolness was passe

since i know you the sun is shining brighter
and the air is tasting sweet
i paint the world in the colors of the rainbow
and the gods are good to me

i still can't comprehend
my loss of reality
i can't help but singing the sweetest melody
i'm walking on a cloud singing sweet melodies

andromeda

she said that i was born on a special day
when the earth was open to a cosmic ray
she said that i was born on a special day
that made me like her right away

andromeda princess andromeda
andromeda princess andromeda

have never seen her eversince
and it's already a long time ago
i guess that she has gone back home
back home to new mexico

her father half irish and half from brazil
her mother a cherokee
she liked everything from outerspace
was as beautiful as she could be
as beautiful as she could be

andromeda princess andromeda
andromeda princess andromeda

i said what are you doing what are you doing all day
she looked right through me
and this is what she had to say
we are human beings not doings
human beings not doings
and what is time anyway

she sat down on the floor like she did the day before
and stared out of the window
down on avenue B
was as beautiful as she could be

i know that one day you will rise up to the skies like remedio

and they will make you their queen
and you'll leave all behind and you will go to places
that no one has seen

andromeda princess andromeda

angel

i'm an angel eversince i fell in love with you
i'm an angel eversince i gave my love to you
i've never been so beautiful
you make the light i have inside come
shining out of me
shining out of me
i can clearly see
what you do to me

you look at me while i sleep
and when i open my eyes
you claim i smiled

you watch me when i get up
with all my hair in the air
all messy you kiss me

i'm late again i must run
but this can never be done
because you won't let me get dressed

this n that

tomorrow i start the rest of my life
tomorrow
today i'll be still thinking how
but tomorrow

maybe i can take some shortcuts here and there
to make up for the waisted time
maybe i can get there faster now
now that i know

i've always done this n that
i've never done that n this
i could be so much better now
i could be so much furter now

knowing that i'm a fool

you came my way when i needed some affection
and i fell for the attraction to you
you had this way to make it seem o.k.
cause you never really loved her anyway

i gladly believed your halfass stories
i gladly ignored and didn't worry
that i would make a fool of myself
that i would make and ass of myself

knowing that i'm a fool
i am still missing you and you have no idea
knowing that i'm a fool
i am still missing you and you have no idea

you couldn’t leave her side
for so many tears she cried
that’s why you blame her for your misery

the truth is my dear
that you are full of fear
to be a man who takes responsability

and now instead to change your situation
you go ahead to be a slave of your frustration
and there you make a fool of yourself
and there you make an ass of yourself

i had to let you go
but knowing that i’m a fool...

don't wanna be

sometimes it happens that
there's too much love for one woman only
it seems it happens to me
but i don't wanna be your love
can't you see i don't wanna be your love

your love is so strong so strong like a man like you are
and i'm so scared of your eyes they're eating me
and i'm so scared of your heart it's beating me
and i'm so scared of your hands they are so soft
much too soft for me

but i don't wanna be
the reason you're living for
i don't wanna be
the girl you're giving more and more of your love
of your life of your loveyou say that we were meant to last forever
i was made for you and you were made for me
but i don’t wanna be
can’t you see i don’t wanna be your love

don’t you get it
i don’t wanna be
the reason you’re living for
i don’t wanna be the girl you’re giving more and more
of your love of life of your love of your life

lavender

I threw your toothbrush away today
my bed was too hard for you anyway
your picture still sticks to my fridge
how cute we were together

took my belongings back home with me
there's nothing left in your place of me
and although you've gone physically
i still smell you on my pillow

lavender lavender to sooth your locks
lavender lavender to sooth your dread locks
lavender lavender to sooth your looks
lavender lavender to sooth your dread locks
and here and there
i still find some kinky hair
and all those songs in the radio
they're kind of stupid yes i know
but all the sudden they make perfect sense
as if they were written just for me
hey it's o.k. don't feel sorry for
i too have broken hearts before
it's just not easy to let go
so i drug myself with the sweetness of

lavender lavender...

you're far from gone
you linger on
in my body and soul

i am your woman

it's not a question of committment
the fear of forever never existed
you are effortlessly certain
you look at me and see your child

it's not a question of possession
i am your master i'm your slave
you demand and you command me
you drink the sweetness coming out of me

for the first time i saw you
it was crystal clear
i am your woman you're my man

it's not a question of illusion
or what we wanted it to be
it simply is the way it is
we are wild and we are free

and this is not about agreements
to get better over time
you have forgiven all my future sins
i take your dark i take your shine

for the first time i saw you
it was crystal clear
i am your woman you're my man
i am your woman you're my man

let me explain

i know that it takes time
for things to get refined
i know that it takes slow
for love to grow
yet today i think that what i feel for you couldn't get any stronger
only to find out tomorrow that i couldn't be possibly wronger

and i know that you know and i know that you know
and you know that i know and you know that i know
and you know that you know and you know that you know
and i know that i know

so let me explain to you
that all you have to do
is just to ask me and i will stay
let me explain to you
that all you have to do is just to ask me
and i will stay forever and another day

we haven't seen the winter yet
we haven't felt the cold
but baby i'm not scared at all
to show my soul unfold
you say bein' in love so deep is dangerous
it can cause a lot of pain
i say you can live your life to the fullest
or you can live a life in vain

and i know that you know and i know that you know
and you know that i know and you know that i know
and we both know that this is the real thing

no need to explain to you
that all you have to do is just to ask me
and i will stay
no need to explain to you
that all you have to do is just to ask me
and i will stay forever and another day

yellow moon

yellow moon
is shining bright
is keeping me warm under my skin
sad sun
stars dance in a circle around you
stars dance in a circle around you
you don't let me sleep
make me think about past days
burning water
can i drink a coup of you
sweet fever
don't leave me
don't leave me now