RETRATO EM BRANCO E PRETO by Antonio Carlos Jobim,

new words by Joel Sattler

On the night she saved me

was a prisoner

Kidnapped by my own desire

Buried in a heart of stone

She paid off my ransom with a kiss

And put her hand upon my lips

And led me from the only home

I’d ever known

And when we

Finally were free

we were a thousand miles from nowhere

But that was the very best day of my life

If I’d only known what I know now

I should have realized

I could have asked her then

To be my wife

He was everything

That I could never be

I should have hated him

But he was only my best friend

I could see her trying to resist

The love she felt was what it is

And there was nothing I could do

But let us end

And so I

Told her it was over

But they both knew I was lying

Still they took me at my word and said goodbye

All I really wanted

Was for her to just be happy

So I gave her up

And had to let her go

All I ever wanted

Was for her to just be happy

So I gave her up

I had to let her go

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Retrato em Branco e Preto  by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Original lyrics in Portuguese by Chico Buarque 

Já conheço os passos dessa estrada

Sei que não vai dar em nada

Seus segredos, sei de cor

Já conheço‍ as pedras do caminho

E sei também que ali, sozinho

Eu vou ficar tanto pior

O que é que eu posso contra o encanto

Desse amor que eu nego tanto, evito tanto

E que no entanto volta sempre a enfeitiçar

Com seus mesmos tristes velhos fatos

Que, num álbum de retratos, eu teimo em colecionar

Lá vou eu de novo, como um tolo

Procurar o desconsolo

Que eu cansei de conhecer

Novos dias tristes,

Noites claras, versos, cartas

Minha cara, ainda volto a lhe escrever

Pra lhe dizer que isso é pecado

Eu trago o peito tão marcado

De lembranças do passado

E você sabe a razão

Vou colecionar mais um soneto

Outro retrato em branco e preto

A maltratar meu coração

Vou colecionar mais um soneto

Outro retrato em branco e preto

A maltratar meu coração

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