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

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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 

Based on a recording by Elizete Cardoso [aka Elizeth Cardoso]:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr8YK7HHH68

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