Brazilian music and BOSSA NOVA file of song lyrics by Joel Sattler
All of my songs with new lyrics to Brazilian music,
especially the music of ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM ,
plus other Bossa Nova song lyrics:
CORCOVADO : Jobim
New title: “The Apple Tree”
AGUAS DE MARCO : Jobim
New title: “The River of Life”
WAVE : Jobim
New title: “Impossible”
A FELICIDADE : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “To Happiness”
DESAFINADO : Jobim/ Mendonça
New title: “Off Key”
BATIDINHA : Jobim
New title: “Estrella Norte/North Star”
THE RED BLOUSE : Jobim
New title: “I Forget to Breathe”
MEDITAÇÃO : Jobim/Mendonça
New title: “I’ll Come Back to You”
MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL : Bonfa/Morais
New title: “The Morn of the Carnival”
CHEGA DE SAUDADE : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “No Fair”
RETRATO EM BRANCO E PRETO : Jobim/Buarque
New title: “I Had to Let Her Go”
SÓ TINHA DE SER COM VOCÊ : Jobim/Oliveira
New title: “The Perfect Moment”
AGUA DE BEBER : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Sing What You Want”
O NOSSO AMOR : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “This is Our Love”
VIVO SONHANDO : Jobim
New title: “Living a Dream”
ESTRADA DO SOL : Jobim/Duran
New title: “Road of the Sun”
EU NÃO EXISTO SEM VOCÊ : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “When You Whisper in the Wind”
SE TODOS FOSSEM IGUAIS A VOCÊ : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “I Will Be There”
ESPERANÇA PERDIDA : Jobim/Blanco
New title: “It’s Okay”
ELA É CARIOCA : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “So Sophisticated”
POR TÔDA MINHA VIDA : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “I’ll Never Know”
O MORRO NÃO TEM VEZ : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Tomorrow Never Fades”
AMOR EM PAZ : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Voices in the Wind”
A NOITE DO MEU BEM : Dolores Duran
New title: “I Would Take Nothing for My Pain”
MODINHA : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Happy Now?”
CANTA CANTA MAIS : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Glory Glory”
POR CAUSA DE VOCÊ : Jobim/Duran
New title: “Love Surely Will Stay”
SE É POR FALTA DE ADEUS : Jobim/Duran
New title: “If That’s Just How It Is”
EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “You Still Have to Go On Living”
LAMENTO NO MORRO : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “The Wedding Day Song”
MULHER SEMPRE MULHER : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “For Love”
CAMINHO DE PEDRA : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “The Hobbit Song”
CANÇÃO DO AMOR DEMAIS : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “I Shall Be Released”
SAMBA DE VERÃO : Valle/Valle
New title: “Rio !”
É PRECISO DIZER ADEUS : Jobim/Moraes
New title: "Our Day in the Sun"
SEM VOCÊ : Jobim/Moraes
New title: “Say You Will”
JANELEAS ABERTAS : Caetano Veloso
New title: “The Naked City”
SOZINHO : Peninha
New title: “So Alone
VOCÊ É LINDA : Veloso/Lord Byron
New title: “She Walks in Beauty”
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CORCOVADO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The Apple Tree”
If I die when you are gone
Do a favor for me hon
Pick an apple from the tree and go on
If somehow you feel for me
Tell you what I want to be
Want to be a crazy raven flying over deep blue oceans
When the midnight calls to you
And you feel it going too
Remember all the good times we were laughing
Somewhere there’s an apple tree
Apples to be picked for free
Red and green and golden apples too
And know all our moments were too few
When the midnight calls to you
And you feel it going too
Remember all the good times we were laughing
Somewhere there’s an apple tree
Apples to be picked for free
One for me for him and one for you
And know all our moments were too few
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Tom Jobim:
Um cantinho
Um violo
Este amor
Uma cano
Pra fazer feliz
A quem se ama.
Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela v-se o Corcovado
O redentor
Que lindo!
Quero a vida sempre assim
Com voc perto de mim
At o apagar
A velha chama.
E eu que era triste
Descrente deste mundo
Ao encontrar voc
Eu conheci
o que felicidade
Meu amor.
My version is based on the recording by Elis Regina & Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRLHqwhCnU
AGUAS DE MARCO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The River of Life”
A tree, a rock
A door with a knock
A duck with a flock
The tick tick tick of the clock
A drop of rain
Each drop is the same
A bread made of grain
A skull full of brain
A tree, a lake
A fatal mistake
A foot on the brake
A heaven for sake
A pool of mud
A face full of blood
A babe in a tub
A dam in the flood
A dripping sky
A wondering why
A wandering fly
A little white lie
A head full of curls
A boy, a car and a girl
Radio, Duke of Earl
All the time in the world
A time to reap
A time to sow
A time to embrace
A time to let go
A fool, a king
A bell, a ring
A bird on the wing
A but everything
A night, a day
A word you must say
Secret hideaway
But you look anyway
And this song is about
The waters of March
Earthquake off the charts
The whole the sum of the parts
A joke, a spoof
A stupendous goof
When you feel bullet proof
A party up on the roof
A bird in the sky
A bird on the ground
A nickel you lost
A penny you found
A foot on the ground
Your flesh and your bone
But if you have love
Then you’re never alone
A mountain pass
A river of glass
A thousand days
Going by you so fast
Every man has a con
Every Tom Dick and John
The storm after the calm
A road to be on
A night, a death
A trap, a hook
A final breath
The end of a book
A fall from a cliff
The luck you have got
The wonder what if
The want you or not
The hear the wind blow
The only you know
The ducks in a row
The long long ago
The sound of the rain
The do it again
Don’t have to explain
It’s the name of the game
It’s the last of the wine
It’s the finest of fine
At the end of the line
And you see the sign
A woman in bed
A fog in the head
A seeing of red
What was it said
A toad, a frog
At the end of a log
And at the epilogue
A cat and a dog
The beginning of spring
And all that it brings
Take the song that you sing
Make it swing!
A man, a wife
Trying to make a new start
It’s the promise of life
Rising up in your heart
A tree, a rock
A door with a knock
A duck with a flock
The tick tick tick of the clock
And this song is about
The waters of March
Earthquake off the charts
The whole the sum of the parts
A man, a wife
Trying to make a new start
It’s the promise of life
Rising up in your heart
It’s the River of Life
Rising up in your heart
It’s the River of Life
Time to make a new start
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Tom Jobim:
É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho
é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho
é um caco de vidro, é a vida, é o sol
é a noite, é a morte, é um laco, é o anzol
é peroba do campo, é o nó da madeira
cainga, candeia, é o Matita Pereira
É madeira de vento, tombo da ribanceira
é o mistério profundo
é o queira ou nao queira
é o vento ventando, é o fim da ladeira
é a viga, é o vao, festa da cumeeira
é a chuva chovendo, é conversa ribeira
das aguas de marco, é o fim da canseira
é o pé, é o chao, é a marcha estradeira
passarinho na mao, pedra de atiradeira
Uma ave no céu, uma ave no chao
é um regato, é uma fonte
é um pedaco de pao
é o fundo do poco, é o fim do caminho
no rosto o desgosto, é um pouco sozinho
É um estrepe, é um prego
é uma ponta, é um ponto
é um pingo pingando
é uma conta, é um conto
é um peixe, é um gesto
é uma prata brilhando
é a luz da manha, é o tijolo chegando
é a lenha, é o dia, é o fim da picada
é a garrafa de cana, o estilhaco na estrada
é o projeto da casa, é o corpo na cama
é o carro enguicado, é a lama, é a lama
é um passo, é uma ponte
é um sapo, é uma ra
é um resto de mato, na luz da manha
sao as aguas de marco fechando o verao
é a promessa de vida no teu coracao
É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho
é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho
é uma cobra, é um pau, é Joao, é José
é um espinho na mao, é um corte no pé
sao as aguas de marco fechando o verao
é a promessa de vida no teu coracao
É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho
é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho
é um passo, é uma ponte
é um sapo, é uma ra
é um belo horizonte, é uma febre terca
sao as aguas de marco fechando o verao
é a promessa de vida no teu coracao
É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho
é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho
É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho
é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho
Pau, pedra, fim do caminho
resto de toco, pouco sozinho
Pau, pedra, fim do caminho,
resto de toco, pouco sozinho.
My version is based on the recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqI5R6L7ow&feature=related
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WAVE by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Impossible”
Some things the heart
And only it alone can see
And what may seem impossible was meant to be
And if the fundamental truth can be known
It is impossible to love and be lonely
The sand and sea
Go out beyond infinity
The stars wink out in the sky leaving just you and me
And if the fundamental truth can be known
It is impossible to love and be lonely
But the solitary heart is not enough
Not strong enough to beat all by itself
Eternity
Will wash up on the shores of time
The endless waves are all uncounted without rhyme
And no matter how long the night
You can still count upon the sun arising
But the solitary heart is not enough
Not strong enough to beat all by itself
Some things the heart
And only it alone can see
And what may seem impossible was meant to be
And if the fundamental truth can be known
It is impossible to love and be lonely
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Tom Jobim:
Vou te contar, os olhos já não podem ver
Coisas que só o coração pode entender
Fundamental é mesmo o amor
É impossível ser feliz sozinho
O resto é mar, e tudo que eu não sei contar
São coisas lindas que eu tenho pra te dar
Vem de mansinho a brisa e me diz
É impossível ser feliz sozinho
Da primeira vez era a cidade
Da segunda o cais, a eternidade
Agora eu já sei, da onda que se ergueu no mar
E das estrelas que esquecemos de contar
O amor se deixa surpreender
Enquanto a noite vem nos envolver
My version is based on the recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge1fZAjNRAI&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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A FELICIDADE by Antonio Carlos Jobim: new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “To Happiness”
Where sadness never ends
think happiness my friend
Like a feather flying on the wind
It floats above the clouds so dark and long
It only lasts a while
When it should go for miles
It needs to find a breeze forever strong
It seems the happiness of all poor innocence
Is something like the dream of carnival
The puppets work all year
To have a time to dance
To have their special moment
to pretend they have a chance
To be a king or queen or just a jack
All ending on the Holy Day of Ash
Where sadness never ends
Think happiness my friend
Where sadness never ends
Think happiness my friend
Know that happiness is just a drop
Of water on the petal of a rose
A spark reflecting sun
A moment without fear
Then falling like a single lover's tear
My joy is the reflection of my heart and soul
In the dreamy eyes of my lover
And when night is turning
Revolving revolving
In search of brand new mornings,
you must speak so soft and low so
That when she greets the day so full of bliss
She'll make it all complete with just a kiss
Where sadness never ends
Think happiness my friend
Where sadness never ends
Think happiness my friend
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Tristeza nao tem fim
Felicidade, sim
A felicidade é como a pluma
Que o vento vai levando peloar
Voa tao leve
Mas tem a vida breve
Precisa que haja vento sem parar
A felicidade do pobre parece
A grande ilusao do carnaval,
A gente trabalha o ano inteiro
Por um momento de sonho
Pra fazer a fantasiade rei,
Ou de pirata, ou jardineira
E tudo se acabar na quarta feira
Tristeza nao tem fim
Felicidade, sim
A felicidade é como a gota de orvalho
Numa pétala de flor
Brilha tranqüila
Depois de leve oscila
E cai como uma
lágrima de amor
A minha felicidade está sonhando
Nos olhos da minha namorada
E como esta noite
Passando, passando
Em busca da madrugada
Falem baixo por favor
Pra que ela acorde alegre como o dia
Oferecendo beijos de amor
Tristeza nao tem fim.
My version is based on a recording of a live concert by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSED39MOUXE&feature=PlayList&p=949CC2CF2B294956&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=1
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DESAFINADO music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with new words by Joel Sattler
New Title: “Off Key”
When I try to sing you say I sound off-key
Can’t stay on the beat and wreck the melody
But you are so beautiful I have to find a way
the feeling in my heart is more than I can say
The music of you has to soar outside of me
and to hold it in would be such agony
the camera of my mind it has your photograph
but then when you listen you just have to laugh
And if you must insist on classifying me
You would rate me lower than a Marxist comedy
And I have to lie to me to open up my mouth
So this is bossa nova going south
Don’t forget that in each beat a heart must go
carried in the tune is more that you can ever know
if only you could hear the song inside of me
and if only I could touch you
then you’d own my soul completely
and my poor desafinado heart would be in your control
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Newton Mendonça :
Quando eu vou cantar, você não deixa
E sempre vêm a mesma queixa
Diz que eu desafino, que eu não sei cantar
Você é tão bonita, mas tua beleza também pode se enganar
Se você disser que eu desafino amor
Saiba que isto em mim provoca imensa dor
Só privilegiados têm o ouvido igual ao seu
Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu
Se você insiste em classificar
Meu comportamento de anti-musical
Eu mesmo mentindo devo argumentar
Que isto é Bossa Nova, isto é muito natural
O que você não sabe nem sequer pressente
É que os desafinados também têm um coração
Fotografei você na minha Rolley-Flex
Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratidão
Só não poderá falar assim do meu amor
Este é o maior que você pode encontrar
Você com a sua música esqueceu o principal
Que no peito dos desafinados
No fundo do peito bate calado
Que no peito dos desafinados também bate um coração
My version is based on a recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6w3a2v_50U
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BATIDINHA music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new English & Portuguese lyrics by Joel Sattler
New title: “ESTRELA NORTE / North Star”
Portuguese version
[please pardon any egregious mistakes!]
Estrela norte
Salvamento me
Para fora no mar tormentoso louco
Se eu sou perdido
virá guiar-me
Guiar-me
Estará brilhando
É tudo que eu precisarei sempre
Sempre
Sempre
Sempre
Estrela norte
é verdadeiro
brilho fora da ceu em mim
em seus braços
e no alvorecer
então salvar-me
chama-me
Vá sobre a lua
encontre uma parte paraíso
Para-iso
Para-iso
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1st version
She is my north star
at night she saves me
out on the wild and stormy sea
she is the one
whenever I get lost
she is there to guide
to guide me
She will shine forever
and is always there whenever I may need
Always
Always
always
She is my north star
as sure as can be
shining out of the night in me
into the dawn
into her open arms
Then she will rescue me
she calls me….
Somewhere over moonrise
you may find a piece of heaven of your own
somewhere
somewhere
somewhere
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2nd version
You are my north star
Your shine rescues me
Out on the wild and stormy sea
You are the one
Who’ll always guide my night
You will be the light
That finds me
You will shine forever
And will always be there whenever I may need
Always
Always
You are my north star
As steady as can be
Shining out of the empty sky
Pointing the way
The compass to my heart
You will navigate
Me back home
Somewhere after morning
When we lie in bed and greet the morning sun
Sing low
Sing low
Sing low
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3rd version
You are my north star
At night rescue me
Out on the wild and stormy sea
You are the one
Whenever I get lost
You are there to guide
To guide me
You will shine forever
And are always there whenever I may need
Always
Always
You are my north star
As steady can be
Shining out of the night in me
Pointing the way
The compass to my heart
You will navigate
Me back home
Somewhere over moonrise
We will find a piece of heaven of our own
somewhere
somewhere
somewhere
My version is based on a recording by Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kym-XopjkTU
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THE RED BLOUSE by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I Forget to Breathe”
When she bites into a cherry [cherry]
Stains her lips so red and very [very]
Lays a trap for the unwary [wary]
Passion hot fools find it scary [scary]
Tripping down the sand so merry [merry]
something out of ordinary [nary]
That’s when I forget to breathe
That’s when I forget to breathe
quando comer a cereja
seus bordos giram o vermelho
alguns são intimidados
é uma provocação
feliz funcionando
principal e coração
Eu esqueço respirar
Eu esqueço respirar
she knows
Just how to
How to break a heart
Just how to
just how to play the part
Just how to
Turn every head on the beach
Her scent
Takes over
over all my sense
Her eyes can
Break down all my defense
love Her smile
Is she forever out of reach?
no more sorrow
no tomorrow
she knows
Just how to
How to break a heart
Just how to
just how to play the part
Just how to
Turn every head on the beach
Sometimes don't know when or ever
just put one and one together
have our own piece of forever
sun comes up and I look over
At the goddess neath the cover
know that she and I are lovers
The world goes dizzy I believe
That's when I forget to breathe
Sun goes down and tide arises
night and stars full of surprises
inner soul full of surmises
her laughter scandalizes
worth a million sacrifices
when she reveals her disguises
that's when I forget to breath
that's when I forget to breath
and so
Like a child
waits for Santa Claus
to come down
the chimney to applause
my heart pauses
and then skips a whole beat
and so
like a sun
rise makes me full of awe
like a die
mond shines without a flaw
like a pil
grim overcome with belief
touched my hand and ran out laughing
Kicked the surf like tango dancing
With the waves and salt romancing
with the sea and tide advancing
take the risk of second chancing
she is some thing so entrancing
head and blood begin to seethe
That's when I forget to breathe
When she bites into a cherry
stains her lips all red and very
something out of ordinary
thought this dream was temporary
passion some men find it scary
lays a love for the unwary
That's when I forget to breathe
I I I forget to breathe
She walks by a flood of roses
overwhelming all my senses
heart stampeding my defenses
She looks back and she is waving
I wave back in disbelieving
That she wants to dance with me and
left with overpowering need
That's when I forget to breathe
She knows
Just how to break a heart
Just how to
just how to play the part
Just how to
Turn every head on the beach
Her scent
Takes over
All my sense
Her eyes can
Break down all
break down all my defense
Is she for
Is she forever out of reach?
My version is based on a recording by Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=749c57jK7EU&feature=related
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MEDITAÇÃO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I’ll Come Back to You”
Just the thought of you
Is the one thing that’s left in my life
That is utterly true
I believe in you
But I can’t tell what happiness is
Till I find out what heaven forbids
You who have seen through the tears
knowing what was inside of your heart
you held on for years
We all dream of love
but perfection is hard to conceive
the illusion of our make-believe
What we have is real
But forever’s just a word that children say
I’ll come back to you
Even if I’m a whole world away
And if our days are few
I will come back for you
Even if it’s the last thing I do
Just to be with you
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Portuguese lyrics by Tom Jobim:
Quem acreditou
no amor no sorriso e na flor
Entao sonhou sonhou,
E perdeu a paz,
pois o amor o sorriso e a flor
Se transformam depressa demais
Quem no coração
abrigou a tristeza de ver
tudo isso se perder
E na solidão procurou o caminho e seguiu
ja descrente de um dia feliz
Quem chorou chorou
e tanto que o seu pranto ja secou.
Quem depois voltou
ao amor ao sorriso e a flor
então tudo encontrou
pois a propria dor
revelou o caminho do amor
e a tristeza acabou.
My version is based on a recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGItSAmIXI&feature=related
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MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL by Luiz Bonfa, new song words by Joel Sattler
Based on a tune by Luiz Bonfá
From the film, “Black Orpheus” (Orfeu Negro)
New title: “The Morn of the Carnival”
The sun rises over the sea
But she is no longer with me
I still remember the day
The Mardi Gras parade
We lived in a masquerade
Like clowns in a play
She painted a smile on my face
Then gave me a final embrace
How was I to know
That I’d let her go
The morn of the carnival?
Though I know in my heart
We’re forever apart
Still I long for that morning again
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We danced in the sun yesterday
Tomorrow was far and away
We had our lives to live yet
Our love was as warm as a breath
Until we looked upon
The mask of death
One night and one morning of love
Now gone as if it never was
But I recall when
Our song had no end
The morn of the carnival
And as she walked away
I can still hear her say
All my life has led up to today
And as she walked away
I can still hear her say, all my life has led up to……
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Antônio Maria Araújo de Morais:
Manha, tao bonita manha
De um dia feliz che chegou!
O sol no ceu surgiu
E em cada cor brilhou.
Voltou o sonho entao
Ao coraçao.
Depois deste dia feliz,
Nao sei se outro dia virá,
E nossa amanha,
Tao bela afinal amanha
De carnaval.
Canta o meu coraçao.
Alegria voltou. Tao feliz
A manha deste amor.
Manha tao bonita manha!
Na vida uma nova cançao,
Cantando só teus olhos,
Teu riso e tuas maos,
Pois ha de haver um dia
Em que virás.
Das cordas do meu violao,
Que só teu amor procurou,
Vem uma voz falar
Dos beijos perdidos
Nos lábios teus.
Canta o meu coraçao.
Alegria voltou. Tao feliz
A manha deste amor.
My version was based on the song in the movie BLACK ORPHEUS.
I wrote it back in 1974.
Here is a version by Maysa Matarazzo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfT_0hdpuJc
CHEGA DE SAUDADE by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “No Fair”
Thought I'd had enough of love
but not enough
of what I found in your arms
had enough of kisses
Of all near misses
Enough of fire tween my ears
had enough of dizzies but
The bees get busy buzzing in my head
and when you get too near
You blind me in my own tears so
It's no fair to me
No fair to me
No fair
It’s not fair the hold you have on me
It’s so frustrating,
humiliating
You completely overwhelm me with your laughter girl
But the feeling thereafter
I wouldn’t trade for the world
Lying in the darkness I
Can hear my heart
a pounding in my blood
And then I just can not tell
Judgment withheld
It’s pell or mell
Heaven or hell
You make fun of my desire so it seems
And it is so unfair to me
To be always messing with my dreams
That’s why I say unfair
No fair to me no fair to me no fair
Always messing with my dreams
No fair no fair no fair no fair
Always messing with my dreams
No fair to me no fair no fair no fair
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes:
Vai minha tristeza e diz a ela que sem ela
Não pode ser, diz-lhe numa prece
Que ela regresse, porque eu não posso
Mais sofrer. Chega de saudade a realidade
É que sem ela não há paz, não há beleza
É só tristeza e a melancolia
Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai
Mas se ela voltar, se ela voltar,
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei
Na sua boca, dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser, milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim
Que é pra acabar com este negócio de você
Viver sem mim. Não quero mais este negócio
My version is based on the original recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8UjONoaI4&feature=related
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RETRATO EM BRANCO E PRETO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I Had to Let Her Go”
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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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 conheçopedras 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
My version is based on a recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDeO6CxmTfM
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SÓ TINHA DE SER COM VOCÊ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The Perfect Moment”
Hey!
So they say
Where there’s love
There’s a way
Some say no
Can’t be so
Come what may
Hey!
So they say
Where’s there’s love
Come what may
Some say no
Can’t be so but
there’s a way
Hey!
Did you know today was the day?
Did you know just what you would say?
Did you? What miracle occurs
With that combination of words?
The mountain we climbed to the top
It kept going up up and up
If there is a blue beyond the blue
Then there is a sky inside me too
Okay so then let’s!
Hey!
if you could just die of a love then
Then this is the perfect moment
Jump off the edge don’t think twice
Who knew a paradise was so nice
Never guessed what we two could do
To make one out of us two
I never guessed just what I feel for you
Hey!
if you could just die of a love then
Then this is the perfect moment
Jump off the edge don’t think twice
Who knew a paradise was so nice
Never guessed what we two could do
To make one out of us two
I never guessed just what I feel for you
If there is a way to die of love
This would be the perfect moment of
If possible to die of love
This would be the perfect moment of
If there is a way to die of love
This would be the perfect moment of
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Aloysio de Oliveira:
É,
só eu sei
Quanto amor
eu guardei
Sem saber
que era só
pra você
É, só tinha de ser com você
Havia de ser pra você
Senão era mais uma dor
Senão não seria o amor
Aquele que o mundo não vê
Amor que chegou para dar
O que ninguém deu pra você
Amor que chegou para dar
O que ninguém due
É, você que é feito de azul
Me deixa morar neste azul
Me deixa encontrar minha paz
Você que é bonito demais
Se ao menos pudesse saber
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
Que eu sempre fui só de você
É, você que é feito de azul
Me deixa morar neste azul
Me deixa encontrar minha paz
Você que é bonito demais
Se ao menos pudesse saber
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
Etc.
My version is based on a recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONywcxEQqA&feature=related
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AGUA DE BEBER by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Sing What You Want”
Sing what you want
I wouldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
I couldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
What you want
What you want
Sing what you want
I wouldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
I couldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
What you want
What you want
You can say everybody loves you
You can say all and anything
We’re gonna stand in line to hear you
Sit tight all through the night
Just to hear you sing
Just to hear you sing
Just to hear you singing your song
Just to hear you sing
Just to hear you singing your song
Sing what you want
I wouldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
I couldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
What you want
What you want
When I first heard you I knew of you
They said you sang a simple tune
But I could not have guessed the true you
The you that comes out at night
And howls at the moon
Just to hear you sing
Just to hear you singing your song
Just to hear you sing
Just to hear you singing your song
Sing what you want
I wouldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
I couldn’t try to stop you
Sing what you want
What you want
What you want
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Lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes.
Eu quis amar, mas tive medo
E quis salvar meu coraçao
Mas o amor sabe um segredo
O medo pode matar seu coraçao
Agua de Beber, agua de beber, camará
Agua de beber, agua de beber, camará
Eu nunca fiz coisa táo certa
Entrei pra escola do perdão
A minha casa vive aberta
Abre todas as portas do coraçao
Agua de beber, agua de beber, camará
Agua de beber, agua de beber, camará
My version is based on a recording by Astrud Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fih-TDy_8UE
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O NOSSO AMOR by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “This is Our Love”
This is our love
And so it goes
Each day goes by
And our love grows
I breath for you
You breath for me
We wake each day
In ecstasy
And sadness
Is a distant memory
In someone’s past mythology
We are not moving from this spot
Till all our sorrow is forgot
This is our love
And so it goes
Each day goes by
And our love grows
This is our love
And so it goes
Each day goes by
And our love grows
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
O nosso amor, Vai ser assim,
Eu prá voce, Voce prá mim
O nosso amor, Vai ser assim,
Eu prá voce, Voce prá mim
Tristeza, Eu nao quero nunca mais,
Vou fazer voce feliz,
Vou querer viver em paz,
O destino é quem me diz
My version is based on a recording by Paula Morelenbaum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkklbHyZMZk
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VIVO SONHANDO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Living a Dream”
You look so young so young
Living a dream
Got the whole world by the tail
Or so it may seem
You’ve got your head in the stars
But that’s not such a terrible crime
No crime to live for the future
This is your time
Your time
When I was young as you are
I had a dream
I had my head in the stars
I lived in a dream
So when they sneer at your hopes and schemes
When they mockingly laugh,
“It’s only a dream!”
I just say, “Dream on!”
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Tom Jobim:
Vivo sonhando, sonhando
Mil horas sem fim
que vou perguntando
Se gostas de mim
Tempo de falar de estrelas
De um céu, de um mar assim
Falar de um bem que se tem
Mas você não vem, não vem
Você não vindo, não vindo
A vida tem fim
Gente que passa sorrindo
Zombando de mim
E eu a falar em estrelas
Mar amor e luar
Pobre de mim
Que só sei te amar
My version is based on a recording by Claudette Soares:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpkiDtv3Lxw
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ESTRADA DO SOL by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Road of the Sun”
Edge of the morn
Where the path that I thought I was sure of
Is out there beyond me
The last star in the sky
Dances out of the night
The wind arises
And this song
comes back to me
Can you hear my voice
Echoing on down
Go where you will
Where you will
Not a care in the world or a worry because
Because you are so free
Make a wish on the star
And go flying away
Go running on down
Down to the sky
Road of the Sun!
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Dolores Duran
É de manhã
Vem o sol
Mas os pingos da chuva
Que ontem caíram
Ainda estão a brilhar
Ainda estão da dançar
Ao vento alegre
Que me traz esta canção
Quero que você
Me dê a mão
Vamos sair
por aí
Sem pensar
No que foi que sonhei
Que chorei, que sofri
Pois a nova manhã
Já me fez esquecer
Me dê a mão
Vamos sair pra ver o sol
My version is based on a recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzI8FepOV0
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EU NÃO EXISTO SEM VOCÊ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “When You Whisper in the Wind”
I remember summers when your hair would turn to gold
And we were so naïve we thought we never would grow old
A magic sun lit up your face and June filled up the air
Forgot about December or perhaps we didn’t care
We drift apart and made an end perhaps it was a sin
But sometimes I still hear you when you whisper in the wind
Whisper in the wind the morning light is on the snow
Whisper it again and all the bitterness must go
The desert must be blooming, unfurling like a rose
The vento’s blowing into town along the mountain road
And if I hear you whisper I will know which way to go
And soon I will come back to you and leave the storms to blow
[revised from “Whisper in the Wind”]
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Eu sei e você sabe, já que a vida quis assim
Qua nada nesse mundo levará você de mim
Eu sei e você sabe que a distância não existe
Que todo grande amor
Só é bem grande se for triste
Por isso, meu amor
Não tenha medo de sofrer
Que todos os caminhos me encaminham pra você
Assim como o oceano
Só é belo com luar
Assim como a canção
Só tem razão se se cantar
Assim como uma nuvem
Só acontece se chover
Assim como o poeta
Só é grande se sofrer
Assim como viver
Sem ter amor não é viver
Não há você sem mim
E eu não existo sem você
My version is based on a recording by alanecamilla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHuSBLgOPJc&feature=related
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SE TODOS FOSSEM IGUAIS A VOCÊ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I Will Be There”
There was a moment
When you were everything to me
There was a moment
When I thought what could be would be
But then there was that bad moment I realized
That wishes were just wishes
The time comes and then you grow up
So when we parted who knew we still cared
thought there was nothing left there
Who knew we would meet again
Who knew we still could be friends
Who knew there was something more
Something that was so good
Something knew that we should
and if you
need a friend
I am here to be found
I’ll come when you call
anywhere
Our hearts were made to be broken
Proving that love is unfair
just say my name and I promise
That I will be there
Our hearts were made to be broken
Proving that love is unfair
just say my name and I promise
That I will be there….
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Vai, tua vida
Teu caminho é de paz e amor
A tua vida é uma linda canção de amor
Abre teus braços e canta a última esperança
A esperança divina de te amar em paz
Se todos fossem iguais a você
Que maravilha viver
Uma canção pelo ar
Uma mulher a cantar
Uma cidade a cantar
A sorrir, a cantar, a pedir
A beleza de amar
Como a flor,
Como o sol, como a luz
Amar sem mentir,
Nem sofrer
Existiria a verdade
Verdade que ninguem vê
Se todos fossem no mundo iguais a você
Existiria a verdade
Verdade que ninguem vê
Se todos fossem no mundo iguais a você
Se todos fossem iguais a você
Que maravilha viver
Uma canção pelo ar
Uma mulher a cantar
Uma cidade a cantar
A sorrir, a cantar, a pedir
A beleza de amar
Como a flor,
Como o sol, como a luz
Amar sem mentir,
Nem sofrer
Existiria a verdade
Verdade que ninguem vê
Se todos fossem no mundo iguais a você
My version is based on a recording by Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XswzObX0kk4&feature=related
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ESPERANÇA PERDIDA by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “It’s Okay”
You said tomorrow was ours
You said you’d give all to me
Please tell me more of your delusions
I like the sound
It’s like the sea
You said we’d have what we wanted
At least we’d have all we need
It’s all right for you to lie it’s
Okay….
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Billy Blanco
Eu prá você fui mais um
Você foi tudo prá mim
Fiz de você o meu céu
Minha razão, meu tudo enfim
As coisas belas da vida
De nada servem porque
Porque não tenho querida
Você
My version is based on a recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzMwcrJl49Q
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ELA É CARIOCA by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “So Sophisticated”
So sophisticated
So sophisticated
She’s too much for one man to absorb
And the whole world seems to stop
when she comes to the door
She’s so elegant chic
when she kisses my cheek
I get gloomy
Cause she makes me loony
And she makes me sad
And she makes me burn
When she walks in a room
they all turn around
And every eye is fixed upon her
And I just cannot choose
but to be so amused
Cause I know deep inside
What their faces can’t hide
They all love her
But she walks on by
She just walks on by
So sophisticated
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Ela é carioca, ela é carioca
Basta o jeitinho dela andar
Nem ninguém tem carinho assim para dar
Eu vejo na cor dos seus olhos
As noites do Rio ao luar
Vejo a mesma luz, vejo o mesmo céu
Vejo o mesmo mar
Ela é meu amor, só me vê a mim
A mim quepara encontrar
Na luz do seu olhar
A paz que sonhei
Só sei que sou louco por ela
E pra mim ela é linda demais
E além do mais
Ela é carioca, ela é carioca
My version is based on a recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afv4fxEfuU4&feature=related
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POR TÔDA MINHA VIDA by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I’ll Never Know”
She was someone special
She was young and full of light and hope and laughter
I knew better, should left her to her future
But we told each other it was forever after
we did our best to make it work
But one day it shattered
She must have realized was hopeless
Now lie sleepless and with a myst’ry
I’ll never know I’ll never know
I wonder if she really loved me
I’ll never know
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Minha bem amada
Quero fazer de um juramento uma canção
Eu prometo, por toda a minha vida
Ser somente teu e amar-te como nunca
Ninguém jamais amou, ninguém
Minha bem amada
Estrela pura, aparecida
Eu te amo e te proclamo
O meu amor, o meu amor
Maior que tudo quanto existe
O meu amor
My version is based on a recording by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqK_Gx5mcL4
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O MORRO NÃO TEM VEZ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Tomorrow Never Fades”
Tomorrow never fades
Today may not be what you want
when yesterday goes dark
There will always be a rising sun with the coming of the dawn
When all hope goes astray
Recall the future’s here to stay
Your luck is bound to change
and just tell yourself that the next is sure to become a better day
No matter what you say
And no matter what you got
Nothing can last forever
Can be what it is not
It’s not hard to remember
All the things you forgot
Who is who when is when or
how is how what is what
Tomorrow’s a new face
And so no matter how it goes
You still are in the race
someone told me once to remember that and tomorrow never knows
Tomorrow never fades
You know all things must pass away
Get on your knees and pray
And you’ll realize that God has meant you to live another day
When you have to surrender
Captured right on the spot
You still are a contender
give it another shot
So when you make the cut
And find’ly over the top and
When you find’ly wake up then
Just tell God: “THANKS A LOT!”
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
O morro não tem vez e o que ele fez já foi demais.
Mas olhem bem vocês quando derem vez ao morro
toda a cidade vai cantar.
O morro não tem vez e o que ele fez já foi demais.
Mas olhem bem vocês quando derem vez ao morro
toda a cidade vai cantar.
Morro pede passagem
morro quer se mostrar
abram alas pro morro
tamborim vai falar:
É um, é dois, é três, é cem, é mil
a batucar
O morro não tem vez, mas se derem vez ao morro
toda a cidade vai cantar.
My version is based on a recording by Grupo Fe Menina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxELX3yfqEE
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AMOR EM PAZ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Voices in the Wind”
In the wind
I pretend that I hear the goodbyes
of all the girls I loved
How or when
It all comes back to me in a dream,
back at the fall of time
Who am I?
Did I really deserve all the loving
and did I give enough?
No regrets
but I wish I could wish them all well
at least for one last time
just for one last time
one last time
because my love was so real while it lasted
and I loved them all
In the end
an old man walks alone on the shore
with nothing but the past
nothing but the past
just the past
listening for the lost memory of voices
voices in the wind
listening for the lost memory of voices
voices in the wind
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes
aka “O Amor em Paz”
Eu Amei,
e amei ai de mim muito mais,
do que devia amar.
E chorei,
ao sentir que iria sofrer,
e me desesperar.
Foi então,
que da minha infinita tristeza,
aconteceu você.
Encontrei,
em você a razão de viver,
e de amar em paz.
E não sofrer mais,
nunca mais.
Porque o amor,
é a coisa mais triste
quando se desfaz.
Porque o amor,
é a coisa mais triste,
quando se desfaz.
This version is based on the original recording by João Gilberto :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocY-NmxpZvg
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A NOITE DO MEU BEM by Dolores Duran, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I Would Take Nothing for My Pain”
My heart
My heart’s been broke and broken many times
Sometimes for love and then sometimes for a crime
And sometimes the fault was somehow even mine
True
The hurt is mine and is mine alone too
If you don’t know there’s no way to explain t’you
I would take nothing nothing for my pain
Don’t cry
I tell myself there’s no use in me crying
No use at all in to myself to still be lying
I would take nothing nothing for my pain
This time
I should know better this time than to call you
I should know better this time than to fall for you
I would take nothing nothing for my pain
Don’t cry
I tell myself there’s no use in me crying
No use at all to myself to still be lying
I would take nothing nothing for my pain
Know
I never meant to hurt you deep inside
I said goodbye goodbye and now I try
to tell myself I shouldn’t cry
Don’t cry…..
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Dolores Duran:
Hoje
eu quero a rosa mais linda que houver
E a primeira estrela que vier
Para enfeitar a noite do meu bem
Hoje
eu quero paz de criança dormindo
E o abandono de flores se abrindo
Para enfeitar a noite do meu bem
Quero a alegria de um barco voltando
Quero ternura de mãos se encontrando
Para enfeitar a noite do meu bem
Ah! eu quero o amor, o amor mais profundo
Eu quero toda beleza do mundo
Para enfeitar a noite do meu bem
Quero a alegria de um barco voltando
Quero ternura de mãos se encontrando
Para enfeitar a noite do meu bem
Ah! como este bem demorou a chegar
Eu já nem sei se terei no olhar
Toda ternura que eu quero lhe dar
My version is based on the recording by Dolores Duran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6HWZ_wa_l4&feature=related
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MODINHA by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Happy Now?”
No.
No is a word that has no please
The heart insists on its own reasons
Ignores the months and years and seasons too
And treasons too
No.
No always goes to an extreme
Something came up bad in between us
Now I can’t wake up from what seems to be
A fever dream
Why?
You have it all:
Each drop of blood every bit of my soul
There’s nothing left so are you happy now?
Happy now?
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Não
Não pode mais meu coração
Viver assim dilacerado
Escravizado a uma ilusão
Que é só desilusão
Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Como um luar desesperado
A derramar melancolia em mim
Poesia em mim
Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito
E semeia a emoção
Que chora dentro do meu coração
Coração
My version is based on the Elis Regina recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDjFe0KSUo
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CANTA CANTA MAIS by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Glory Glory”
Glory glory
Sing out in gladness
Glory glory
Forget the sadness
More and more but
No more sad stories
Glory
Ah…..
Glory
Sing through the sorrow
Glory
Why wait till tomorrow
Sing sing
Sing us a lullaby
Glory glory glory
Try try
Try to find peace in time
Glory glory
Say goodnight
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Glory glory
Sing out in gladness
Glory glory
Forget the sadness
More and more but
No more sad stories
Glory
Ah…..
Glory glory glory
Try try
Try to find peace in time
Glory glory
Say goodnight
______________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Canta, canta
Sente a beleza e
Canta, canta
Esquece a tristeza
Tanta, tanta
Tanta tristeza
Canta
Ah ...
Canta, canta
Canta, vai, vai
Segue cantando em paz
Canta, canta
Canta mais
My version is based on a recording by Tom Jobim :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0dSLmeTrL0
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POR CAUSA DE VOCÊ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Love Surely Will Stay”
If you can look in your heart
Please don’t try to fool yourself with what you think you see
and if you don’t know what you’re starting
Then come my little friend, take a walk with me
I’ve been in love many times too
And thought I knew everything that I wanted out of love
sometimes I made a damn fool of my foolish self too
my head got in the way
It’s not so hard
To fall in love at first, but it hurts
just keep his heart in your own heart
And never break the two apart
So my advice
is always to keep love fresh and new
And it will work for you
That’s what I wished I knew
Stay strong and stay true and
Love surely will stay
______________________________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Dolores Duran
Ah, você está vendo só
Do jeito que eu fiquei
E que tudo ficou
Uma tristeza tão grande
Nas coisas mais simples
Que você tocou
A nossa casa querido
Já estava acostumada
Guardando você
As flores na janela
Sorriam, cantavam
Por causa de você
Olhe meu bem nunca mais
Nos deixe por favor
Somos a vida e o sonho
Nós somos o amor
Entre meu bem por favor
Não deixe o mundo mau lhe levar outra vez
Me abrace simplesmente
Não fale, não lembre
Não chore meu bem
My version is based on the recording by Dolores Duran :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-qSX6wluo
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SE É POR FALTA DE ADEUS by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “If That’s Just How It Is”
If that’s just how it is
The way we came together
Then that’s just how it is
The way it fell to pieces
Said she was leaving
She knew I was grieving
and walked out of the door anyway
but what I was sure of
Was she’d be returning
Somehow or some when or some day
I’d been six years alone
When she gave me a ringing
Said she’d misdialed the phone
But we talked until the spring
Some day at a party
We’ll come as we are
She will say hi to me with a kiss
And then we’ll know
Without doubt
If it’s over at last
If that’s just how it is
_______________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Dolores Duran
Se é por falta de adeus
Vá se embora desde já
Se é por falta de adeus
Não precisa mais ficar
Seus olhos vivem dizendo
O que você teima em querer esconder
A tarde parece que chora
Com pena de ver
Este sonho morrer
Não precisa iludir
Nem fingir e nem chorar
Não precisa dizer
O que eu não quero escutar
Deixe meus olhos vazios
Vazios de sonhos
E dos olhos seus
Não é preciso ficar
Nem querer enganar
Só por falta de adeus
My version is based on a recording by Joao Gilberto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IiLnPGtDyw
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EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “You Still Have to Go On Living”
The day I lost it all
She told me it was over after all
There’s no use in pretending anymore
then turned around and she just walked out of the door
But she was yet a part of me
I still went through the motions because I
Had to go on with my life but
I kept her in my heart
And all those years I waited in the dark
Hoping that she would learn to play the part
Of someone warm and loving from afar
So you live life in disguise
And all the pain you simply have to hide
And even if you seem to die inside
You still have to go on living
_________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Eu sei que vou te amar
Por toda a minha vida, eu vou te amar
Em cada despedida, eu vou te amar
Desesperadamente
Eu sei que vou te amar
E cada verso meu será
Prá te dizer que eu sei que vou te amar
Por toda a minha vida
Eu sei que vou chorar
A cada ausência tua eu vou chorar
Mas cada volta tua há de apagar
O que esta ausência tua me causou
Eu sei que vou sofrer
A eterna desventura de viver
À espera de viver ao lado teu
Por toda a minha vida
My version is based on a recording by Maria Behania and Caetano Veloso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDyvfVhxwk&feature=related
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LAMENTO NO MORRO by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The Wedding Day Song”
It’s not possible
To go beyond
The joy we have today!
I’ll tell everyone
To come along
And join our wedding day!
Today
We share life
With everyone,
And no tomorrow
Can shine as bright
As our personal sun!
_________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Não posso esquecer
O teu olhar
Longe dos olhos meus
Ai, o meu viver
É de esperar
Pra te dizer adeus
Mulher amada
Destino meu
É madrugada
Sereno dos meus olhos já correu
My version is based on a recording of a concert by
Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, and Paulinho da:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIJtJ0mIdqc
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MULHER SEMPRE MULHER by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “For Love”
For love!
Why why for love?
What would you do,
do do for love?
Would you endure ridicule?
Would you look like a fool?
Would you lose all your cool
and break all rules in the name of love?
For love what would you choose?
Perhaps you would kick a mule,
skip school,
or maybe move off to Istanbul?
For love,
how far would you go?
Go all the way
or do you know?
Would you go jump in a lake
Make a fatal mistake
give up on your head
and your pride
And you don’t even know why!
you don’t even know why!
_______________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Mulher, ai, ai, mulher
Sempre mulher
Dê no que der
Você me abraça, me beija, me xinga
Me bota mandinga
Depois faz a briga
Só pra ver quebrar
Mulher, seja leal
Você bota muita banca
Infelizmente eu não sou jornal
Mulher, martírio meu
O nosso amor
Deu no que deu
E sendo assim, não insista
Desista, vá fazendo a pista
Chore um bocadinho
E se esqueça de mim
E se esqueça de mim
My version is based on a recording by Maria Bethania:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0PxAIJg_aQ
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CAMINHO DE PEDRA by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The Hobbit Song”
Hobbits they build houses round in a hill
Keep to themselves and brew a honey ale
Oho!
Gandalf comes down every once in while
Visits the town with stories he regales
Oho!
But deep in a Hobbit no matter how small
Must be beating a brave heart 10 feet tall
And dragons and monsters and the orcs have no chance
Because Hobbits will just kill them all
Back in the Shire they drink and they dance
And Mordor’s just a million miles away
Oho!
- - - - -
Back in the Shire they drink and they dance
And Mordor’s just a million miles away
Oho!
Wizards, Rohirrim and Rangers all know
Hobbiton is safe, a place where all the children can grow…..
But deep in a Hobbit no matter how small
Must be beating a brave heart 10 feet tall
And dragons and monsters and the orcs have no chance
Because Hobbits will just kill them all
Back in the Shire they drink and they dance
And Mordor is a million miles away
Oho!
___________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Velho caminho por onde passou
Carro de boi, boiadeiro gritando ô ô
Velho caminho por onde passou
O meu carinho chamando por mim ô ô
Caminho perdido na serra
Caminho de pedra onde não vai ninguém
Só sei que hoje tenho em mim
Um caminho de pedra no peito também
Hoje sozinho nem sei pr'onde vou
É o caminho que vai me levando ô ô
Based on a recording of Caetano Veloso in concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL22srat7w
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CANÇÃO DO AMOR DEMAIS by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “I Shall Be Released”
The time has come
For me to pay my debt
She shouldn’t see
But Warden said to let her
I never knew
She gave a damn
About this me
But then again
There was a lot I guess I wasn’t seeing
Was running scared,
I did a stupid thing
Now at the end
there’s nothing left inside
And soon the hurt
and agony will cease forever from those eyes
They’ll pull the switch
and I shall be released
__________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Quero chorar porque te amei demais
Quero morrer porque me deste a vida
Oh meu amor, será que nunca hei de ter paz
Será que tudo que há em mim
Só quer sentir saudade
E já nem sei o que vai ser de mim
Tudo me diz que amar será meu fim
Que desespero traz o amor
Eu nem sabia o que era o amor
Agora sei porque não sou feliz
My version is based on a recording by Elizete Cardoso [aka Elizeth Cardoso]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8bK6y8qrGA
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SAMBA DE VERÃO by Marcos Valle, new lyrics by Joel Sattler
New title: “Rio!”
The city
Marvelous
Built for the two of us
Swim all day
In the surf
Happy from dawn to dusk
Dance all night
Do it right
Party from dusk to dawn
Sun comes up
Tide comes in
And it goes on and on
Rio!
Rio on the sea!
In the whole wide world
There is not another place on earth
that I would rather be!
On the beach
Watching the
Beautiful girls go by
Within reach
In my mind
I have to say: “Oh my!”
Tropic of
Capricorn
Mountains down to the shore
Sand so white
Sky so blue
So who could want for more?
Rio!
Rio on the sea!
Then -
Paradise
Is the place
where you can
Never say
when!
City of
Troubadours
Music from door to door
Tropical-
ia sound
Moving your feet around
Every one
Has a heart
Beating in perfect time
Every one
Has a dance
This is your second chance
Rio!
Rio on the sea!
In the whole wide world
There is not another place on earth
that I would rather be!
Kisses for
Everyone
Love here in every way
Everyone’s
Beautiful
Even just for a day
When you laugh
We all do
Every one plays the fool
And we all
In the spring
March in the Carnival!
Rio!
Rio in the sky!
There -
isn’t another place
In the world
I’d rather
fly!
There -
isn’t a
nother place in the world
I’d rather
be!
There -
isn’t a
nother place in the world
I’d rather
be!
_________________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Paulo Sérgio Valle
Você viu só que amor
Nunca vi coisa assim
E passou, nem parou
Mas olhou só pra mim
Se voltar vou atrás
Vou pedir, vou falar
Vou dizer que o amor
Foi feitinho pra dar
Olha,
é como o verão
Quente o coração
Salta de repente
Para ver a menina que vem
Ela vem sempre tem
Esse mar no olhar
E vai ver, tem que ser
Nunca tem quem amar
Hoje sim diz que sim
Já cansei de esperar
Nem parei nem dormi
Só pensando em me dar
Peço,
mas você não vem
Deixo então
Falo só digo ao céu
Mas você vem
My version is based on a recording by Caetano Velosa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbBZYDiErQ&feature=related
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É PRECISO DIZER ADEUS by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Our Day in the Sun”
In our day in the sun
We were young and belonged
To each other and took them on
We were always so strong
We were always so good
And our love was a game we won
I know I should have known then
That our love had to end
But I still hope
We will meet again
Yes, I believed when the moon
Told me your secret
And you left in the dawn
If you never return
If you leave me to burn
It’s not your concern
I still am left
with the sweet memory
Of our day in the sun
*****
If you never return
To the way that we were
I’ll still always believe in you
If we’re never complete
With the ones that we meet
I’ll still know what I always knew
I know I should have known then
That our love had to end
But I still hope
We will meet once again
Yes I believed when the moon
Told me your secret
And you left in the dawn
Though our love’s obsolete
It never retreat
And never was beat
We still are left
with the sweet memory
Of our day in the sun
______________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
É inútil fingir
Não te quero enganar
É preciso dizer adeus
É melhor esquecer
Sei que devo partir
Só me resta dizer adeus
Ah, eu te peço perdão
Mas te quero lembrar
Como foi lindo
O que morreu
E essa beleza do amor
Que foi tão nossa
E me deixa tão só
Eu não quero perder
Eu não quero chorar
Eu não quero trair
Porque tu foste pra mim
Meu amor
Como um dia de sol
*****
É inútil fingir
Não te quero enganar
É preciso dizer adeus
É melhor esquecer
Sei que devo partir
Só me resta dizer adeus
Ah, eu te peço perdão
Mas te quero lembrar
Como foi lindo
O que morreu
E essa beleza do amor
Que foi tão nossa
E me deixa tão só
Eu não quero perder
Eu não quero chorar
Eu não quero trair
Porque tu foste pra mim
Meu amor
Como um dia de sol
My version is based on a recording by Gal Costa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEaLCV7MP9Q
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SEM VOCÊ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “Say You Will”
Say you will
One last time
And I might understand you
Say you will
With a word
And I will share the blame too
You say there is no guessing
At all the rest
And so it goes
But I need to know the answer
if it’s so
Maybe I
Love you still
But I can’t be sure until
Until we can get it straight
I guess I’ll just have to wait
And so when you call
tomorrow
Say you will
*******
You say there is no guessing
At all the rest
And so it goes
But I need to know the answer
if it’s so
Maybe I
Love you still
But I can’t be sure until
Until we can get it straight
I guess I’ll just have to wait
And so when you call
tomorrow
Say you will
___________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes
Sem você
Sem amor
É tudo sofrimento
Pois você
É o amor
Que eu sempre procurei em vão
Você é o que resiste
Ao desespero e à solidão
Nada existe
E o mundo é triste
Sem você
Meu amor,
meu amor
Nunca te ausentes de mim
Para que eu viva em paz
Para que eu não sofra mais
Tanta mágoa assim
No mundo
Sem você
My version is based on a recording by Chico Buarque and Tom Jobim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4U9pUmbxY&feature=related
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THE NAKED CITY music by Caetano Veloso, new words by Joel Sattler,
aka JANELEAS ABERTAS No. 2 by Caetano Veloso, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “The Naked City”
You
I heard you sobbing on the stairs
Crying in the corner
Thinking no one cares
You thought no one was there to hear you
Have to get it out
Before you can let someone get near you
It’s no use expecting pity
80 million tears falling through the years
On to the Naked City
You
I know you’ve lost it all before
Got your defenses
A thousand times or more
You have to try to come back to your senses
Now go back to the mud
So pretty and so in the gutter
As far as they’re concerned you’re
Just a piece of meat out there on the street
For any man to do what they want with
You
The time has come to cut your loss
There’s no need explaining
It’s time to bear your cross
And no use complaining
Perhaps someday a Jesus may
Be come to rescue you and
So if your heart is true
He’ll try to save you
But
if in the end you cannot find a friend or brother
Try to find a lover
___________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Caetano Veloso
Sim,
eu poderia abrir as portas que dão pra dentro
Percorrer correndo os corredores em silêncio
Perder as paredes
aparentes do edifício
Penetrar no labirinto
O labirinto de labirintos
Dentro do apartamento
Sim
eu poderia procurar por dentro a casa
Cruzar uma por uma as sete portas, as sete moradas
Na sala receber
o beijo frio em minha boca
Beijo de uma deusa morta
Deus morto, fêmea de língua gelada
Língua gelada como nada
Sim,
eu poderia em cada quarto rever a mobília
Em cada uma matar um membro da família
Até que a plenitude e a morte coincidissem um dia
O que aconteceria de qualquer jeito
Mas
eu prefiro abrir as janelas prá que entrem
todos os insetos
My version is based on a recording by Maria Bethania:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQw4q2KKfg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caetano_Veloso
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SOZINHO by Peninha, sung by Caetano Velosa, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: “So Alone”
I’m walking in the dark, silent as the night
Imagining a world of just two
I’m in a sort of dream while still awake, together
My past and future mixed up with the now
So why’d you have to leave me on the loose?
And why’d you have to leave me unglued?
You made me feel like I am so alone
I never wanted me to be your boss
But then our passion, it fell off after time
I knew I needed a new strategy, in secret
I opened up to you, no one knew
But I never guessed you were leaving me
How can I ever fall in love again?
Could anybody else win back my heart?
When people are in tune they’re
Obviously resonating
You said you’d always care but
you just had no time for waiting
I didn’t know what or who,
Why, you do what you do
Where did you go to?
When people are in tune they’re
Obviously resonating
You said you’d always care but
you just had no time for waiting
I didn’t know what or who,
Why, you do what you do
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Where did you go to?
_____________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese by Peninha:
Às vezes, no silêncio da noite
Eu fico imaginando nós dois
Eu fico ali sonhando acordado, juntando
o antes, o agora e o depois
por que você me deixa tão solto?
por que você não cola em mim?
Tô me sentindo muito sozinho!
Não sou nem quero ser o seu dono
É que um carinho às vezes cai bem
Eu tenho meus segredos e planos secretos
só abro pra você mais ninguém
por que você me esquece e some?
e se eu me interessar por alguém?
e se ela, de repente, me ganha?
Quando a gente gosta
é claro que a gente cuida
fala que me ama
só que é da boca pra fora
ou você me engana
ou não está madura
onde está você agora?
Quando a gente gosta
é claro que a gente cuida
fala que me ama
só que é da boca pra fora
ou você me engana
ou não está madura
onde está você agora?
My version is based on a recording by Caetano Veloso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb4RauhteFA
=======================
VOCÊ É LINDA by Caetano Veloso, English lyrics by LORD BYRON, adapted by Joel Sattler
New title: “She Walks in Beauty”
There can be none
Of all beauty’s daughters
Who have a magic like thee
and like the music
Of the sweet waters
Or of the breathing
Sound of a babe asleep
There’s not a joy
That the world can give us
Like that it takes away
talk to me not
of names in a story
The days of our youth
are the days of our glory but
Beauty!
Just like the night
Of cloudless starry skies
all that is best of dark and light in her eyes
She walks in beauty
I could not bear
To see thy beauty fade
the shooting stars
Shine brightest when fall from high
The midnight moon is
Weaving a chain of light
Soft calm yet eloquent
A mind at peace
with all of the world below
Serene is the heart and soul
whose love is innocent
It is enough
For me to just prove that
It’s not that I loved so well
long must I love
who did not change the past
I can not alter now,
I loved thee to the last
She walks in beauty
Just like the night
Of cloudless starry skies
all that is best of dark and light in her eyes
She walks in beauty
I could not bear
To see thy beauty fade
the shooting stars
Shine brightest when they fall from high
O could I feel
As yet I have felt before
Or what I could have been
weep as I would or
weep as I could or
Through midnight hours or
many a vanished scene
Beauty!
Just like the night
Of cloudless starry skies
all that is best of dark and light in her eyes
She walks in beauty
I could not bear
To see thy beauty fade
the shooting stars
Shine brightest when fall from high
______________________________
Original lyrics in Portuguese:
Fonte de mel
Nos olhos de gueixa
Cabocla e máscara
Choque entre o azul
E o cacho de acácias
Luz das acácias
Você é mãe do sol
A sua coisa
É toda tão certa
Beleza esperta
Você me
deixa a rua deserta
Quando atravessa
E não olha pra trás
Linda,
e sabe viver
Você me faz feliz
Esta canção é só pra dizer e diz
Você é linda,
mais que demais
Você é linda sim
Onda do mar
do amor que bateu em mim
Você é forte,
dentes e músculos
Peitos e lábios
Você é forte
Letras e músicas
Todas as músicas
Que ainda hei de ouvir
No Abaeté
areias e estrelas
Não são mais belas
Do que você
mulher das estrelas
Mina de estrelas
Diga o que você quer
Você é linda,
e sabe viver
Você me faz feliz
Esta canção é só pra dizer e diz
Você é linda,
mais que demais
Você é linda sim
Onda do mar
do amor que bateu em mim
Gosto de ver você
no seu ritmo
Dona do carnaval
Gosto de ter,
sentir seu estilo
Ir no seu íntimo
Nunca me faça mal
Linda,
mais que demais
Você é linda sim
Onda do mar
do amor que bateu em mim
Você é linda,
e sabe viver
Você me faz feliz
Esta canção é só pra dizer e diz
This version is based on a recording by Caetano Veloso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6H_4YAF4zI
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