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
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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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Georg