Fadista Songtext

von Chris Eckman

Absinthe slew my abstinence
And my appetites they followed

Once you've used your forbidden teeth
All bitterness seems hollow

Chew it up to spit it out
Just like there's no tomorrow
Beauty's taken a beating round hear
Ever since the death of Fado

From this shore I seek good tides
I can see all the way to Jersey

I'm at the edge of the things I find
But my solitude is not worried

You could be my invisible star
Our mysterious lady of the sorrows

But I will not build a shrine to you
Of all the dust I've swallowed

The silver's all been emptied out
From the vaults of old Chiado
Beauty's taken a beating round here
Since the long, slow death of Fado

On the street that night, I heard her sing
Her arms wrapped round her boombox

Stood with sunglasses and black hair
Two men her sentries, silent

Her song was of a river town
And the blind fadista's honor
Beauty's taken a backseat to pain
Ever since the death of Fado

But I trust you will choose beauty again
Just like there's no tomorrow