Mistress
The night is filled with stars
and you are so lost you could cry
He told you he would be here
well, at least he could try
You call him on the phone
he's now with his wife
alone you go, he's too busy to come tonight.
Nobody told you how to live with this lie
Did you mother teach you how to smile
knowing you are the other one in the book?
Nobody said you had to deny
Nobody taught you how to live by
knowing you will never be his bride.
You said you would live by
and I know you have tried
but many were the reasons that tie you with him
and you cannot run from it
Maybe you should have run
straight into some stranger's home
call the guards to read your rights
and scort you home
Nobody taught you how to be the other one in the book
nobody taught you how to live under the names they casted on you
maybe you should have learnt it by yourself...
maybe you should just leave him.
You say you love him and that is a lie
you are just the mistress, never will be the bride.
The Next Best Excuse
She looks at me and says
that she cannot count on God
because He has ler down
because He has killed her father
when he saw her wedding gown
You say you will believe in God
when He sends you a sign
and He wouldn't mind
as long as you try - as long as you try.
She is six months gone pregnant
her mother had a fit
the father of the child almost died
he was for sure a dead beat
they got married, it was all she could have done
and she says her father died
when she entered the church!
You say you will believe in God
when He sends you a sign
Could have it been better?
Dreaming is a way to lie
And what will it be
the next best excuse to your lies?
The Bridge
It's getting colder in this place where I hide
things are getting slower, but I know I'll survive
maybe if we meet, I can tell you why I lied
but until we meet, I live in the dark
I didn't say I didn't mean it
I didn't say we couldn't live it
but I tried, and I failed - so please forgive
this battered man who couldn't simply
follow his word - and now I mean it
I love you - will always be...
If I wasn't such a fool
you could be here tonight
if I wasn't such a fool
we could live side by side
but I had to be a man and ashame myself!
Made a scene and you walked away
and now I'm alone again.
I didn't say I didn't mean it
I didn't say we couldn't live it
but I tried, and I failed - so please forgive
this battered man who couldn't simply
follow his word - and now I mean it
I love you - will always be...this way.
Lady's man
Lady killer, lady's man
here he goes and strolls again
past them and laughing
he's playing to win tonight
but something tells me he's off to hit the wall tonight
someone bought him the ticket to the morgue tonight
better run and hide...
Make it work, make it be seen
make it wild, someone will believe
she who knows you might as well buy you!
Make it bright, make it right
make it wild, and maybe she will find
you are her Mr. Right.
(so what!)
Lady killer, lady's man
there he goes and tonight it's the end
of his two-timing play.
Someone told me there's a husband in sight
he's got a gun and some wounded pride
My friend, for your own sake you better run and hide
you better run and hide
you better run...
Run! (BANG!)
Incense and Peppermints
(Ed King - John Carter)
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah!
To divide this cockeyed world in two
Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do
Beatniks and politics, nothing is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose!
Incense and peppermints...incense and peppermints...
Waiting on you
I might be a fool to be here but still
I'm waiting on you, waiting on you
'cause I would rather be a foolish child
than a lonely brat
so here am I...waiting on you
There were times when I thought I would die
seeing you chatting with the girls
and leaving me alone to cry
But still here I am and I standing still
seeing you walking by.
For a moment I thought I was free
but I found out I'm just chained to your heart
they say I might as well be called your slave
for I would do anything to win a glance from your eyes
One day I will win your love for me
and maybe then they will believe in me
and say that I was lucky all along.
Until then I sit here and I face the truth
I love you and I'll always be waiting for you.
Who are you? (Family to you)
Sir, sir, don't you remember me?
Sir, sir, please look at me,
my face is famliar
yes... I'm family to you.
Does my mother's name mean anything to you?
It should, she was your mistress
a long long time ago
you guys met in a single's bar
and she didn't know you were a married one
until she asked you why you never talked
about your life, about your past
she should have known it would not last
but you didn't walk out until she told you...
She was four months pregnant when she met dad
he didn't ask who was the father
of the child she had
he said that it was his, he faced everything
and that's the family I used to know
until I was told that I had another "dad".
Sir, I am here and I want to know
I want to know
who are you 'cause I'm family to you
wheter you want it or not.
I should run to your wife right now
and tell her all
but I won't do it if you tell me who are you
'cause I'm family to you.
Mum hid it from everyone
my blue eyes were related
to the grandmother the neighbours didn't know
but they talked on our backs and I was
just so-and-so's love child
and I cried and I wanted them to die
it seemed like it was my fault
being born with your blood
and for years I heard them talk
and I had to walk alone 'cause they said
I was as good as my mother - that meant I was a whore
and wasn't it funny to learn
that I wasn't a "morning glory" to the family -
someone that wasn't meant to be alive at all?
I am here and I want to know
I want to know
who are you 'cause I'm family to you
wheter you want it or not.
I should run to your wife right now
and tell her all
but I won't do it if you tell me who are you
'cause I'm family to you.
I have some bloody but I won't claim none
I don't want anything that comes from you
and I don't want to have your blood
you can keep your surname to yourself
I just want to know who you are
so I can know who am I
I don't curse your children and your wife
and I don't make plans to knife you - though I should
I don't plan to kill you - though I would
sometimes want it, in the name of my mother
and everything you destroyed.
I am here and I want to know
I want to know
who are you 'cause I'm family to you
wheter you want it or not.
I'm family to you
wheter you want it or not.
I think of you
Alright,whatever, you win!
don't cast me stones for this sin
You are falling into a monster contradiction
are you through with my cruxifiction?
You're not God and I'm not Devil
so stop snickering at your own behavior
You are not that handsome, sad bachelor
something has got me through the connection
I think of you and nothing I see
You seem to be far even when you're near
Alright, whatever, I lose
if that can sooth you.
I am no Virgin Mary and you are no Joseph
do you still care if you are not chosen?
I think of you an and nothing I see
You seem to be far even when you're near
Blackbird open its wings, now rears up and fly
I am breaking the window, I'm gone, bye bye...
Hang in there
Let me help you
I am not gonna hurt you
let me handle you what I have
I never had nothing or no-one to share
and now I feel like I want to
share my life with you
If you are in troubles, hang in there
I'm in the spot on a drop of a hat
if you are in troubles, hang in there
'cause you won't be alone in that.
I am in it with you and that's forever
we are a team and since it won't work alone
so why not be together?
Remember nunc et semper
that's love must be
so come along, hand in hand
and let's live our lives, you and me.
If you are in troubles, hang in there
I'm in the spot on a drop of a hat
if you are in troubles, hang in there
'cause you won't be alone in that.
Ballad of the lovers
(instrumental)
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Backgrounds by Robin's Graphics. Lyrics by Anna Fagundes, music by Luis Samartino, except "Incense and Peppermints", by Ed King and John Carter