Portugal Songtext

von Jan Allain

At a round table in a good kitchen
I talk to an old friend Alice
I don't see her often she lives with Carrie
Makes me tea makes me welcome
Feel a part of something
Greater than my own ideas
Walls of conversations
Never covered over
Oh the light bulb swings
From the window I see their garden
Years of love and labour
Such high stone walls

She says we're leaving
To live in Portugal
Far fromthe city
Where time don't ring that bell
Sun on our doorstep
And wind in our hair
Oh the dust on the tracks
It gets everywhere

Shows me the photographs
I turn the pages slowly
Cactuses and orange trees
Giving all outthings away
Books we have read..
Except Palinorus
She says I'm taking
My suitcase ofwisdom
Some she's got to find
Ever since I've known her
I've noticed something special
It activates my peace of mind

She says we're leaving
To live in Portugal
Far from the city
Where time don't ring that bell
Sun on our doorstep
Wind on our hair
Oh the dust on the tracks
It gets everywhere

Well I won't miss you
When you're gone
I'll think of you
And carry on
No I won't miss you
When you're gone
I'll think of you
And carry on

Pass by your doorway
My truckloads of many things to say
All my songs
See me I'm putting on
My red hat for glory
I need an audience
Maybe you are the best I've known
Like Palinorus
You're slipping off the deck
Of my life

Well I won't miss you
When you're gone
I'll think of you and carry on
No I won't miss you
When you're gone
I'll build a bridge
With this song.