Ponta de Areia, End of the Line

<p>LINKS:<br /><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75HByTprh8Y3rbIY1rEJvx?si=kYJfjdISTz2v3Py2PQ0bSw" target="_blank"><i><strong>A Sample, A Cover playlist</strong></i></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spacetimemusicpodcast" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br /><br />Email: spacetimemusicpodcast@gmail.com<br /><br />The <i>SpaceTimeMusic</i> theme music is a sample of the Ana-Tole x Jonah Christian Remix of Ready or Not by the Fugees.<br /><br />SONG CREDITS:<br /><i>Ponta de Areia</i><br /><strong>Elis</strong><br />Elis Regina<br />1974</p><p><strong>Minas</strong><br />Milton Nascimento <br />1975</p><p><strong>Native Dancer</strong><br />Wayne Shorter<br />1975</p><p><i>Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme)</i><br /><strong>All ‘N All</strong><br />Earth, Wind & Fire<br />1977</p><p>Boca Livre<br /><strong>Boca Livre</strong><br />1979</p><p>Silvana Malta Group<br /><strong>Crave e Canela</strong><br />2001</p><p>Esperanza Spalding <br /><strong>Esperanza</strong><br />2008 </p><p><br /><i>Ponta de Areia</i><br />Ponta de areia, ponto final<br />Da Bahia à Minas, estrada natural<br />Que ligava Minas ao porto, ao mar<br />Caminho do ferro mandaram arrancar<br />Velho maquinista com seu boné<br />Lembra o povo alegre que vinha cortejar<br />Maria Fumaça, não canta mais<br />Para moças, flores, janelas e quintais<br />Na praça vazia, um grito um ai<br />Casas esquecidas, viúvas nos portais</p><p> </p><p>Ponta de areia (Sand Point), last stop<br />Of the Bahia-Minas, a natural road<br />That connected Minas to the sea and its ports<br />Iron road that they ordered to be ripped out<br />The old conductor with his cap<br />Remembers the joyful, simple people he used to greet<br />The steam locomotive that doesn’t sing anymore<br />To the ladies, flowers and backyards<br />At the empty public square, a scream, an “ouch”<br />Forgotten old houses that became widows at the cities’ portals</p>