Gal From Down Under OtherStuff

Yeah I'm alright yeah I'm OK
You got your life go your way
And I do the things that I gotta do
But in between it all
I think of you

The longing comes and the longing goes
But it never ever really disappears
And I can take the highs and I can take the lows
But every now and then I gotta fight my tears
I see you when my eyes are closed
I see you when they're open wide
Like a vision I can't get you out of my head
And the hunger I feel for you deep inside

I never want to be a pain
I never want to tie you down
I never want to clip your wings
Or like a shadow follow you round

I watch you fly, free as a bird
I watch you disappear a dot in the sky
I watch you til you've gone from view
And I dream of when I
Lay close to you

Words and Music Copyright 1999 Lynette Chiang
Recorded in the studio of Consumer Excepcional Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Thanks to Oscar Quesada (guitar) and Marcelo (Guitar) and Johnnie (Production). Here we are in the studio

Three years ago we met by chance
Our love was short and sweet
A week to laugh and sing and dance
Not long enough to get cold feet

And then you were gone hitching down the road
And I was dreaming of the next new place
But we stayed close together
Through all kinds of weather
In the arms of cyberspace

Though we couldn't hold each other
We held each other dear
Clinging to a flickering screen
We shed dry tears through a long thin wire
With oceans and cities in between

Cyberspace is where the people are fine
The night never comes
The temperature's divine
A perfect 24 in a flat and cloudy sky
A love that passes through its stratosphere
Returns to earth to die

Words and Music Copyright 2000 Lynette Chiang

Encontré un hombre en San Jose
Su sonrisa era como el verano
Me dijo, mae, ven a mi casa
Para ver a mi esposa, y hermano
Lo esperé en Paseo Colon
Esperé hasta que el sol bajó
Esperé hasta que las pulperias cerraron
Y la ultima periferica pasó

Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae - pura vida

Encontré una chica en Escazu
Parecía tan libre como la brisa
Yo quería tocar su corazon
Para ver si había dolor trás su sonrisa
Le dije todo sobre mi soledad
De mi familia y amigos tan lejanos
Me dijo mae, pobracita, tomemos café
Pero antes de darme su dirección se fue

Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae
Me dijo mae ... no se preocupe

Hay un lugar mágico y no hay ejército
Donde la gente no tiene que rezar
Donde no importa lo que sienten por dentro
Siempre dicen "pura vida" o "como le va"
Y todo se queda para mañana
Y hoy es un dia para descansar
Y nunca serás Tico aunque lo intentes
Solo eres extranjero y no entiendes cuando ellos ...

Te dicen mae
Te dicen mae
Te dicen mae
Te dicen mae

He said mae
He said mae
He said mae
He said mae ... pura vida

I met a woman in Escazu
She looked as happy as a bird in flight
I wanted to reach out and touch her heart
To know if there was pain behind a smile so bright
I told her all about my loneliness
About my family and friends so far away
She said, mae, poor thing, let's have a coffee
But before I got her address she had turned away

She said mae
She said mae
She said mae
She said mae ... don't worry

There is a magic place where there is no army
Where the people have no need to pray
Where no matter what they're feeling deep inside
It's always 'Pura Vida' which means 'Have a Nice Day'
And tomorrow is the soonest you can get things done
And today is a day to chill out
And you'll never be a Tico no matter how you try
You're just another foreigner who cannot understand why

They tell you mae
They tell you mae
They tell you mae
They tell you mae ...

Words and Music Copyright 2000 Lynette Chiang