As I Sat Sadly by Her Side (act.)

At the window, through the glass / She stroked a kitten in her lap / And we watched the world as it fell past / Softly she spoke these words to me / And with brand new eyes, open wide /We pressed our faces to the glass / As I sat sadly by her side / She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother, / Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, / Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, / Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest / Earth and moon and sun and stars / Planets and comets with tails blazing / All are there forever falling / Falling lovely and amazing" / Then she smiled and turned to me / And waited for me to reply / Her hair was falling down her shoulders / As I sat sadly by her side (...) restante aqui

As letras de Nick Cave são menos poemas e mais pequenas histórias. Geniais pequenas histórias. Que pedem uma noite de chuva como esta, para serem escutadas enquanto estou não-tristemente sentado ao teu lado.

Carlos Malmoro