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Promises must be kept

Rui Veloso

O prometido é devido

Naquele trilho secreto
Com palavras santo e senha
Eu fui língua e tu dialecto
Eu fui lume e tu foste lenha

Fomos guerras e alianças
Tratados de paz e péssangas
Fomos sardas pele e tranças
Popeline seda e ganga

Recordo aquele acordo
Bem claro e assumido
Eu trepava um eucalipto
E tu tiravas o vestido

Dessa vez tu não cumpriste
E faltaste ao prometido
Eu fiquei sentido e triste
Olha que isso não se faz

Disseste que se eu fosse audaz
Tu tiravas o vestido
O prometido é devido

Rompi eu as minhas calças
Esfolei mãos e joelhos
E tu reduziste o acordo
A um montão de cacos velhos

Eu que vinha de tão longe
(do outro lado da rua)
Fazia o que tu quisesses
Só para te poder ver nua

Quero já os almanaques
Do fantasma e do patinhas
Os falcões e os mandrakes
Tão cedo não terás novas minhas

Promises must be kept

On that secret path
With holy words and password
I was the tongue and you the dialect
I was the flame and you were the wood

We were wars and alliances
Peace treaties and quarrels
We were freckles, skin, and braids
Poplin, silk, and denim

I remember that agreement
Very clear and acknowledged
I climbed a eucalyptus tree
And you took off your dress

This time you didn't fulfill
And you broke the promise
I felt hurt and sad
Look, that's not right

You said that if I were bold
You would take off your dress
Promises must be kept

I tore my pants
Scraped my hands and knees
And you reduced the agreement
To a pile of old shards

I who came from so far
(from the other side of the street)
I would do whatever you wanted
Just to see you naked

I want the almanacs now
Of the Phantom and Scrooge McDuck
The Falcons and Mandrakes
You won't hear from me anytime soon

Escrita por: Carlos Tê / Rui Veloso