The Lyric Emerged When Doing Some Research About Whether To Bring My Uke On A Trip To Portugal And
Discovering The Precursor To The Uke Came From Portugal And Was Taken To Hawaii By A Ship Of Carpenters And
Musicians, Then Exploring The Fado Style Of Songs.
Orig 6/6/26
Latest 4/7/26
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Chorus
I Don't Want To Sing A Fado
Song Of Unbearable Grief
While I Can Still Feel
Our Love Is Alive
(Love Has Hope And Can Fly)
Verse
The Portuguese Sing The Fado
Aching Melancholia
For What Is Lost, Saudade
Maybe Gone Forever
Verse
Long Before The Ukulele
Cavaquinho And Braguinha
Of Portugal And Madeira
Add A Spanish “Rasgueado"
Chorus
I Don't Want To Sing A Fado
Song Of Unbearable Grief
While I Can Still Feel
Our Love Is Alive
Verse
‘Garganta Com Fado’
The Tear In The Voice
The Heart Feels So Raw
In Broken Pieces
Verse
It’s So Hard To Feel
Your Unbearable Grief
Fierce Outbursts Of Pain
We Share And We Chime
(Modal Chords, Aeolian)
Verse
I Wake, And See And Feel
The Wet Sobbing Tears
On A Far Away Face
All I Cannot Replace
Chorus
I Don't Want To Sing A Fado
Song Of Unbearable Grief
While I Can Still Feel
Our Love Is Alive
Verse
I Try To Drive Down The Road
And The Place Is Gridlocked
I Come Home And Crouch Like A Child
On The Rug, On The Floor, And I Sob
Verse
In Coimbra Fado
Male Singers, Guitarists
Baritones And Tenors
Sing In The Open Air
Verse
Dressed Like Vintage Professors
In Moonlit Stone Courtyards
Their Long Black Capes Billow
Under Their Lover’s Window
Chorus
I Don't Want To Sing A Fado
Song Of Unbearable Grief
While I Can Still Feel
Our Love Is Alive
