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Dreaming of Rio

from Powder of the stars by John Meed

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She listens to the talking book in the fading light
She knows it almost by heart but the end still brings tears to her eyes
She doesn’t go out much these days, in fact hardly ever at all
And she moves around her apartment by numbers
She puts on the TV for the company
The flickering lights in the corner tell her the evening news
And the government minister for pensions tells her to tighten her belt
If we all pull together, he says, we will somehow get through

But she can see through him without even looking
She doesn’t need eyes to see
And she smiles, even though he’s not listening
She’s dreaming of Rio

When she was young she fell for a travelling salesman
Together they watched the fighter come down in flames on the edge of town
And after the war he taught her to samba
And he promised one day he would take her to Rio

He left her and he left their two daughters
He went back to travelling, she got on with life, and their paths never crossed again
The fifties brought washing machines and Elvis
And a two bedroom, two up, two down in the rain
Her children grew up and she went back to dancing
The bossa nova, the samba, she could do them with style
And now on the days when there’s no one to talk to
She closes her eyes on her sofa for a while
For she can go there without even travelling
She doesn’t need wings to fly
And she smiles, even though nobody’s listening. She’s dreaming of Rio

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from Powder of the stars, released January 12, 2006
John Meed: Guitar and vocals

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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