DOMINGO NO PARQUE by Gilberto Gil/Os Mutantes, new words by Joel Sattler

New title: “Romeo and Julietta”

I will tell you a tale (so you say!)

Two teenagers in love (as it were!)

Of two families at war (so you say!)

And of their ending that was (as it were!)

Romeo and his buddies went crashing a party

That was on the wrong side of town

When he got there he met with a forbidden beauty

The greatest that he’d ever found

He knew better! [what did he find?]

Couldn’t help it! [she blew his mind!]

And when later he saw her look out of the window

She was like the sun on the rise 

When she sang of the love that she had for our hero

He hardly could trust his own eyes 

So he stood and made himself known: 

“Julietta!”

[“I love you!”]

Now for Act Two!

Juliet had a heart like a jewel

Every part of her soul reaching outward

But their fathers were full of old hatreds

And would never approve of their marriage

So together they went to the altar 

[Together! Together!]

and then they got wedded in secret

Then her cousin Tybalt (O Tybalt!)

Challenged him to a fight (to a fight!)

But he just wouldn’t duel (Romeo!)

cause it just wasn’t right (No one knows!)

Then Mercutio said (There you go!)

Took his sword up instead (Romeo!)

when the dust all had cleared (no no no!)

Romeo’s friend was dead (Mercutio!)

Juliet did pretend (so you say!)

To take poison and die (so you die!)

Or so Romeo thought  (Romeo!)

Didn’t know was a lie  (no no no!)

He took poison himself (no no no!)

then she came back to life (that was odd!)

found his body instead  (no no no!)

Killed herself with his knife (O my God!)

Take it back! [Take it back!]

At the kid’s funeral (Juliet!)

The families had to make peace (Romeo!)

In their sadness they knew (rest in peace)

All their hatred must cease (so it goes)

Tell us how should we feel? (Juliet)

What am I supposed to speak? (Romeo)

Should we be glad that they died (Juliet)

With their love at it’s peak? (Romeo)

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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Gilberto Gil

O rei da brincadeira (ê, José)

O rei da confusão (ê, João)

Um trabalhava na feira (ê, José)

Outro na construção (ê, João)

A semana passada, no fim da semana

João resolveu não brigar

No domingo de tarde saiu apressado

E não foi pra Ribeira jogar capoeira

Não, foi lá pra Ribeira, foi namorar

O José como sempre no fim de semana

Guardou a barraca e sumiu

Foi fazer no domingo um passeio no parque

Lá perto da Boca do Rio

Foi no parque que ele avistou

Juliana foi que ele viu, foi que ele viu

Juliana na roda com João

Uma rosa e um sorvete na mão

Juliana, seu sonho, uma ilusão

Juliana e o amigo João

O espinho da rosa feriu Zé

E o sorvete gelou seu coração

O sorvete e a rosa (ô, José)

O rosa e o sorvete (ô, José)

Foi coçando no peito (ô, José)

Do José brincalhão (ô, José)

O sorvete e a rosa (ô, José)

A rosa e o sorvete (ô, José)

Oi, girando na mente (ô, José)

Do José brincalhão (ô, José)

Juliana girando (ô, girando)

Oi, na roda gigante (ô, girando)

Oi, na roda gigante (ô, girando)

O amigo João (ô, João)

O sorvete é morango (é vermelho)

Oi, girando e a roda (é vermelha)

Oi, girando, girando (é vermelha)

Oi, girando, girando...

Olha a faca! (Olha a faca!)

Olha o sangue na mão (ê, José)

Juliana no chão (ê, José)

Outro corpo caído (ê, José)

Seu amigo João (ê, José)

Amanhã não tem feira (ê, José)

Não tem mais construção (ê, João)

Não tem mais brincadeira (ê, José)

Não tem mais confusão (ê, João)

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