Teatime in Lisbon

[Instrumental intro]

[Verse]

They have blue tiles up to the churchyard doors

Drying laundry strung on window lines

A tram glides up the coastal core

And for everyone, it seems, a full bouquet of time

[Verse]

I asked for a tea, they smiled at me

Here the morning drink is black and worn in

But, anyway they made me tea

With the patience they have for the foreign

[Chorus]

Teatime in Lisbon

Sunlight washes walls and splinters thought

There is nothing to do

and it's already a lot

Teatime in Lisbon

The sea sparkles at the end of the street

It doesn't ask for anything

Just offers hints of who you'll meet

[Instrumental interlude]

[Verse]

A seagull took half of my bread

I let her do it, she looked in a hurry

Someone sings two floors above my head

A song that offers end to worry

[Bridge]

I have no suitcase, no ticket to leave

No room waiting for me tonight

The trees a canopy of sheltering leaves

At three thousand kilometers in height

[Chorus]

Teatime in Lisbon

Sunlight washes walls and splinters thought

There is nothing to do

and it's already a lot

Teatime in Lisbon

The sea sparkles at the end of the street

It doesn't ask for anything

Just offers hints of who you'll meet

[Instrumental interlude]

[Outro]

Teatime in Lisbon

The cup is still warm in summer's tooth

Teatime in Lisbon

We welcome rain on the baked glass roof

[Instrumental farewell]

[End]