«Anchorage», Michelle Shocked

A música é dedicada à minha grande amiga do liceu que largou o emprego, saiu de Lisboa e foi viver para o Algarve com o marido e com o filho de um ano. Não nos víamos há três anos. Entretanto, entre muitas outras coisas que aconteceram, nasceu uma menina, agora com um ano e meio. Continua a dizer-se desterrada.

Assisti ao jogo do Benfica na companhia intermitente de um ex-jogador do glorioso, que só pôde ver os três golos nas respectivas repetições, por estar ocupado a grelhar o excelente peixe do nosso jantar. E, que cliché, estivemos a ver fotografias com mais de 15 anos.

I took time out to write to my old friend
I walked across that burning bridge
Mailed my letter off to Dallas but
Her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska

She said: hey girl it's about time you wrote
It's been over two years, you know, my old friend
Take me back to the days of the foreign telegrams
And the all night rock'n rollin’, hey Chel
We was wild then

Hey Chel, you know it's kinda funny
Texas always seemed so big
But you know you’re in the largest State in the Union
When you’re anchored down in Anchorage

Hey girl I think the last time I saw you
Was on me and Leroy’s wedding day
What was the name of that love song you played
I forgot how it goes, I don’t recall how it goes

Leroy got a better job so we moved
Kevin lost a tooth, now he’s starting school
I got a brand new eight month old baby girl
I sound like a housewife
Hey Chel, I think I'm a housewife

Hey girl what’s it like to be in New York
New York City, imagine that
Tell me, what’s it like to be a skateboard punk rocker
Leroy says send a picture
Leroy says hello
Leroy says..., oh keep on rocking girl
Yeah, keep on rocking