N Portugal

Ithaka got love for Portugal
'cause I lived a lot of years in Portugal
'cause I got a lotta bros in Portugal
'cause I found my soul in Portugal

Ithaka ain't from the old school, Ithaka ain't from the new
I came swimming into the picture from the depths of the blue
With my fins dried out dragged myself to town
Didn't know it if I was lost or if I was found

No job, no friend, no money, not funny
Stepchild in Lisboa with no milkshakes or honey
But I be gliding, I be rolling
Treatin' time like it be stolen

Take the whole story back to the year 1992
Cuz sometimes you gotta do WHAT YOU GOTTA DO*
Time for me to escape from the city of devils
It was the riddle of life that I was trying to unravel
I had to get out of there while there was going to get
LA was the hunter California was the net

PORTUGAL, I MISSING YOU
YOU WAS DOWN WITH ME AND I'M DOWN WITH YOU
PORTUGAL, I'M MISSING YOU
YOU'RE A PART OF ME AND I'M A PART OF YOU
I WAS FLAT BROKE IN PORTUGAL
ATE A LOT OF CALDO VERDE IN PORTUGAL
DRANK ALOT OF SUPERBOCK IN PORTUGAL
SMOKED ALOT OF GANZA IN PORTUGAL

I look to the blue cuz I'm THE BUM WITH BLUE BLOOD*
BEEN FOUR long YEARS* since I made KETCHUP LOVE.*
Pretty Little, Pretty Little pretty pretty STELLAFLY*
Won't you please baby please be my SUBSTANCE-FREE EXILE*
But she said, No It's time for you to roam
So catch the SUSHI-PACK SUBWAY* and get yourself on home

I walk the street with no STREET LOYALTY.*
Cuz I be from the sea, I be the FISHDADDY.*
In my SPIRITUAL GRAVEYARD* there I was stuck
Wasn't easy like I thought to just SO GET UP.*

THE RISE AND FALL OF A FORTUNE* that was the next PLOT.*
SUNNY THE BUNNY* split with my money
But he never got caught
ERASE THE SLATE OF HATE*, ERASE THE SLATE OF HATE
With some FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT.*

PORTUGAL, I MISSING YOU
YOU WAS DOWN WITH ME AND I'M DOWN WITH YOU
PORTUGAL, I'M MISSING YOU
YOU'RE A PART OF ME AND I'M A PART OF YOU
THERE'S ALOT OF SUGAR DOLLS IN PORTUGAL
AND I MADE ALOT OF LOVE IN PORTUGAL
BUT I DIDN'T MAKE BABIES IN PORTUGAL
CUZ I ALWAYS WORE A GLOVE IN PORTUGAL

BUTTERFLY OF WISDOM* said, STAY STRONG LITTLE BROTHER*
AIN'T NO BREEZE*, so STONEMOBILE* on down
To the ALABAMA CAVE PARTY*
KING TARDY's* UMBILIBUS* arrived at two
With the ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGEL* crew
Then it was URSULA of ITHAKA*, CAPRICORN and CANCER*
And SEABRA IS MAD*
From SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF GIBRALTAR.*

Later, met PIGEON LADY* at EDEN BY THE SEA.*
She's a SLEEPDRIVER* But she makes GOOD COOKIES*
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Now I'm speeding through the decades like they was red lights
Keeping a lead on the loanshark that lent me the good life
I'm out there living mine all the time
Cuz rhymes don't grow in the garden

PORTUGAL, I MISSING YOU
YOU WAS DOWN WITH ME AND I'M DOWN WITH YOU
PORTUGAL, I'M MISSING YOU
YOU'RE A PART OF ME AND I'M A PART OF YOU
PEACE AND LOVE IN PORTUGAL
THE SKY'S STILL BLUE IN PORTUGAL
REEFS AND POINTS IN PORTUGAL
SCORED THE BARREL OF MY LIFE IN PORTUGAL
SCRIBED A LOT OF RHYMES IN PORTUGAL
MADE A DEMO IN PORTUGAL
CUT TWO ALBUMS IN PORTUGAL
Yes, LIFE WAS GOOD IN PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL, I MISSING YOU
YOU WAS DOWN WITH ME AND I'M DOWN WITH YOU
PORTUGAL, I'M MISSING YOU
YOU'RE A PART OF ME AND I'M A PART OF YOU

*Signifies the titles of other Ithaka songs that he used as building blocks to construct the lyrics of this song

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