On The Moon...



JNPDI! anda rendido ao novo disco de Peter Cincotti, especialmente a alguns temas, tais como "On The Moon", "HE's Watching","Raise The Roof" e "You Don't Know Me".

Por isso mesmo, e atendendo a que Cincotti actua no Estoril Jazz a 3 de Julho, aqui deixamos as letras destes temas, que são os que mais nos tocam emocionalmente e que, por acaso (ou talvez não), alguns dos quais são da autoria de Cincotti.

Tem jeito, o rapaz...


On the moon
(by Peter Cincotti)

You know I care for you
But pretend and lead me on, that's all you do
I try to still believe but now I'm through
And the only place I see
Is calling out to me
It's the only place I know
It's the place where I must go

On the moon
That's where you'll find me soon.
I'll be alone again
That's okay, I must be on my own again.
I'll be waiting on the moon for you

I'll sit and reminisce for many hours
I'll miss the rain and all the pretty flowers
I'll dream of all the cities and their towers
And I hope you wonder why
I'm lying in the sky
I'll even let you in for free
If you come and visit me

On the moon
That's where you'll find me soon
I'll be alone again
And all I'll do is to lie there till I die there
Waiting on the moon for you

Would you ever even dream
To go to the extreme?
And would you ever wanna be
The one to rescue me?

On the moon
That's where you'll find me soon
All alone again
Unwinding there
And praying that you'll find me there
Waiting on the moon for you

On the moon
That's where you'll find me soon
And still your face will be haunting me
So if you're ever wanting me
I'll be waiting on the moon for you


He's watching
(by Peter Cincotti)

Within the darkened skies above I see a sign
Within the distant clouds I see a friend of mine
And then as the shadows disappear
He smiles at me
And I know He's watching

He lives within the heavens
And he lives within my mind
All I can feel is the love he left behind
Then he will whisper in my ear
He tells me, I should know he's watching

And now I'm grown
I'm strengthened by the tears I've never shown
I'm strengthened by the years I've never known
Once afraid of facing them alone

And every day I always have some place to go
I've travelled very far from the life I used to know
But still when I close my eyes and dream
I feel him near and I know
He's watching

And now I'm grown
I'm strengthened by the tears I've never shown
I'm strengthened by the years I've never known
Once afraid of facing them alone

And every day I always have some place to go
And I've travelled very far from the life I used to know
But still when I close my eyes and dream
I feel him near and I know
He's watching

He's watching
He's watching
He's watching
He's watching


Raise the roof

Lock the door and stop complaining
Gather 'round and listen well
From now on we're entertaining
How to hotten up this hell.

Hold the mood and hold the chatter
Skip the food and stop the clatter
Can't you hear that pitter-patter?
We're not here to eat.
We came for the heat!

Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above
And show the way.

Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice
Take my advice it always pays
To raise the roof!

Crush the ice and shake forever
Tell the evening where to go
And if you need a new endeavor
I can teach you what I know

Grab your partner by the collar
Bribe the barman with a dollar
Just ignite that mighty hollar
Lead me to the trough
Till the light goes off!

Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above and show the way.

Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice
Take my advice
It always pays
To raise the roof!

Cut the strings and set the table
And gather roses on your way
Welcome to our Tower of Babel
Learn the language, come what may.

Spare me how the wind is blowing
If you keep the whiskey flowing
You can reap what you've been sowing
If you walk the plank
You've got me to thank

Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above and show the way.

Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice

The time for playing nice has run
Before the big hand hits the one
We've got to do what must be done

Raise the roof
Raise the roof
Raise the roof
Raise the roof


You don't know me

You give your hand to me
And then you say "Hello"
I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
Well you don't know me

No, you don't know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
And longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
Well, you don't know me

I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy
I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
And you will never know
The one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me

I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy
I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
And you'll never ever know
The one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me.

É claro que "St. Louis Blues" é obrigatório, mas esse é um velho clássico que já conhecíamos bem nas vozes de Ella Fitzgerald ou Bessie Smith.