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 

Let me be your lover 

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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  

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