Tags: Eurovision Song Contest Entry.
Antes do adeus (Before goodbye) was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 performed in Portuguese by Célia Lawson.The song is a ballad with Lawson recounting the events leading to the end of a relationship. She sings that her lover gradually moved away from her and returned things which they had held dear. From her perspective the world changed markedly with the blue of the sky ceasing to be as blue as it was.