Fadista Letra

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