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Sao Paulo

from Hello Antenna by Susie Asado

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Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is a big city, a forest of high rises
stretches to the horizon, anxiety in all shades of gray

bullet proof glass, the purse chained to the chair
everyone looks suspicious and the food is so delicious

shouldn't walk in the street but what will my feet do
knock knees under the table that is not stable

shouldn't walk in the street but what will my feet do
they dream of the ocean and of a sky without concrete

iIm staying at a fancy hotel on the 21st floor
the view is spectacular, bossa nova in the bar

everyone tells scary stories, in the lobby smells of cigar
and modernist architecture, the wood is very dark

the doorman's gun is unbuttoned, his finger is on the trigger
we are drinking caipirinhas and my fear is getting bigger

shouldn't walk in the street but what will my feet do
knock knees under the table that is not stable

shouldn't walk in the street but what will my feet do
they dream of the ocean and of a sky without concrete

politicians are running off with money and the woodwork in the lobby
was once in another part of the country a lovely tree

you could be safe in a penthouse with a hard working husband
and a nanny for the kids, a housekeeper to keep the household

great paintings on the wall collecting value as we blink
but you can't leave the house, your legs look pretty in that dress

we can call the helicopter, that's why we work so hard
it will only take a moment and the sky will be ours

and the sky will be ours

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from Hello Antenna, released April 11, 2008

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Susie Asado lives in Berlin. That is the band, not the poem. The poem is by Gertrude Stein. Yes, there is such a poem. The band is not a poem. It is a band. Josepha writes the songs. She takes this very seriously, as she takes the band very seriously and of course the poem, that is Gertrude Stein very seriously. ... more

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