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Amalia….Alfred Marceneiro…Mariza….Ana Moura

The Lisbon evening drops its velvet curtain

Alfama’s puzzle box streets invite disorientation

The avenues so narrow, the delivery trucks bump you on the sidewalk

Behind small tables, grandmothers sell shots of Ginja cherry liqueur.

Fade away to yesterday

Fade from current view

The fado sounds in echoes

Through the old on to the new

Carlos do Carmo….Dulce Pontes….Misia….Cristina Branco

The trolley cables quiver in the inky darkness

The mournful ocean sighs, and tries to perfume the salted air

The sound of sadness seeps through the windows of the fado supper houses

You feel the loss of something….although it’s something that you never really had (Chorus)


Carminho….Maria Da Fe….Carlos Ramos…..Raquel Tavares….


Lisbon, city of memory….telling its stories to the sea

A silver wash of Cape Verdean blues in the night

A mystic place, exhausted by shadows, holy and enchanted

The languor of saudade cloaks the cobblestones as you are drawn to the sound in the next street (Chorus; fini)

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from The Treehouse of Memory & Regret, released March 25, 2024

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jimeddy Ann Arbor, Michigan

I no longer trade time for money, so I'm a lucky guy. Songwriter, music collector (at a pathological level); supporter of independent artists of all stripes. Open mic enthusiast, international traveler every chance I get. Forward in All Directions!

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