Hotel Califoraucária

Na Rodovia do Xisto, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of poluição, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the viaduto de entrada da cidade
I heard the alarme da repar
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the victor do amaral
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Rihad Palace Hotel
Such a lovely place (2x)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Rihad Palace Hotel
Any time of year (2x)
You can find it here

Her mind is Calceaki-twisted, she got the Opala cor de rosa
She got a lot of frequentadores do Bakana, that she calls friends
How they dance in the Praça do Seminário, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Hissam
Please bring me my tubão
He said: "we haven't had that Campo Largo here since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Welcome to the Rihad Palace Hotel
Such a lovely place (2x)
Such a lovely face
We're livin' it up at the Rihad Palace Hotel
What a nice surprise (2x)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling
The Campo Largo on ice
And she said: "we are all just baianos here, of our own device"
And in the Hissam’s chambers
They gathered for the conferência do partido
The stab it with their peixeiras
But they just can't kill the Zezé

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the portal polonês
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax", said the mendigo do 1 reial

We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never vazar