[Intro: Fado male lead, classical guitar and one heavy drum hit] Saudade, Rui, the hill is still the hill [Verse 1: Fado male lead, hard and close over huge live drums and the classical guitar riff] I was sixteen in your little white car, the clutch was hard as stone On the steepest street in Alfama, you said "today you drive it home" Trams behind us ringin', and a grandma with her bread Clutch in, gas, release it slow, that's everything you said And I stalled it, and I stalled it, and I stalled it seven times And the whole street leaned out windows to applaud my little crimes And you laughed, meu irmão, you laughed until you cried You, who never laughed at weddings, holdin' on to your side [Pre-Hook: Fado male lead, drums buildin', tambourine] Easy, easy, don't you rush it Feel it bite, and then you trust it [Hook: Fado male lead, full band, huge drums, long fado runs] Clutch in, easy, Nuno, don't you let it die Halfway up the hill, and the trams are standin' by I been stallin' since the spring, I been stallin' every night 'Cause the only time you laughed was when I didn't get it right [Verse 2: Fado male lead, heavier, classical guitar between the lines] In the spring the phone rang early, and by June the house was still And your little white car's been sleepin' underneath a sheet below the hill I been stallin' on the paperwork, I been stallin' on the call I been stallin' on your closet with your jackets on the wall I been stallin' on the grave, I only went the day we buried you Every Sunday I say Sunday, and the Sundays all fall through [Hook: Fado male lead, full band, huge drums, long fado runs] Clutch in, easy, Nuno, don't you let it die Halfway up the hill, and the trams are standin' by I been stallin' since the spring, I been stallin' every night 'Cause the only time you laughed was when I didn't get it right [Verse 3: Fado male lead, handbrake ratchet, a rough guitar scrape as the handbrake comes up, then the full band and the fado runs hit the hill together] So today I pulled the sheet off, and the engine coughed and caught And I drove it to Alfama, to the very spot you taught Halfway up I pulled the handbrake, and I let the engine quit On purpose, Rui, on purpose, and I sat inside of it And the tram behind me rang, and then the tram behind it too And a grandma with her bread leaned out and said "I know you" And I laughed, meu irmão, I laughed the way you would Saudade on the dashboard, and the hill is lookin' good Then clutch in, gas, release it slow, the way you always said And I made it to the top first try, with you laughin' in my head [Final Hook: Fado male lead, full band, huge drums, long fado runs] Clutch in, easy, Nuno, don't you let it die Halfway up the hill, and the trams are standin' by I been stallin' since the spring, I been stallin' every night 'Cause the only time you laughed was when I didn't get it right [End]
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