English text by David Mendonça
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Closed Case - Caso arrumado
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I hadn’t seen you in
almost a month.
You arrived, and one more time,
You were well acompanied.
You sat down at my table
With all the certainty
That our case was closed.
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She didn’t want to hear
me,
but you asked with a smile
for our favorite fado.
I did it for you, I sang,
And when I came back to the table
She had already gone.
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It’s not the first time
That we started as three.
I sing and then, after,
That fado that I’ve
sung
becomes a blessed remedy.
And it ends with the two of us.
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I know that you’ll be
back
To once again use
this case with no solution.
I will sing our fado:
your case will be closed,
but our
case, not.