Kirsty Hawkshaw Sertao Blues Lyrics

Sertao Blues Lyrics

Wear your Sunday best

See your shoes are shined – right

Check the stage is set

For another clean – fight



And you laugh

And you sing

and pray

You’ll be understood

Some other working day. 



When the house is lit

When the strangers leave

When the only sound 

Is the air you breath 



When the morning train

Brings another day

And an old refrain

Slowly fades away 



When the tired streets

Are your lonely host

And the only guests 

Are the other ghosts 



When your mind is still

When your pulse is slow

When your thoughts return

To all you long to know 



Who are you?



In a shifting sky

On a sleepless night

In the silent truce

Of a lovers’ fight 



In a moment freed

In a stolen glance

In forbidden steps

To a secret dance 



In a knowing look

From a covered face

In a holy book

In a sacred place 



In a final bow

In a virgin kiss

In the dying breath 

Of a moments bliss