1978 Lyrics

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Cover art for 1978 lyrics by Ed Motta

At dawn he woke up / The time zone deceived him / Without thinking, he went to the elevator / He didn't even flinch, he didn't turn around / For the girl at the bar to look

The capital woke up / He then went back to the hotel / It was ten when he called / He ordered coffee, read it standing up / The old local newspaper

He's always alone / He doesn't miss it / He's always alone / He doesn't separate himself from the shadow / He's always alone...

In the taxi, the cold left / The heat of the engine warming / His face colorless, too dry / Of a place, far away to remember

On the worn sand of the sea / In the gray of his gaze, he remembered / He was seventy-eight, free after all / He felt himself, his own pleasure changed

He was already alone / He didn't care / He was already alone / His path had been traced / He was already alone

He's always alone / He doesn't miss it / He's always alone / He doesn't separate himself from the shadow / He's always alone...

On the worn sand of the sea / In the gray of his gaze, he remembered / He was seventy-eight, free at last / He felt like his own pleasure

Without being formal / And not sentimental / Free at last

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