LYRICS PAGE
The Girl From Wolverhampton
2008
O MORRO NÃO TEM VEZ
A.C.Jobim/V. 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
Morro pede passagem
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
The hill is timeless
And has already given so much
But look to yourselves
When you give to the hill
The whole city will sing
The hill asks the way
The hill wants to be shown
Open your arms to the hill
The tambourims will speak
It’s one, it’s two, it’s three,
It’s a hundred, it’s a thousand to drum
The hill is timeless
But when you give to the hill
The whole city will sing
CORCOVADO
A.C. Jobim
Num cantinho, um violão
Este amor uma canção
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama.
Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
O redentor, Que lindo!
Quero a vida sempre assim
Com você perto de mim
Até o apagar a velha chama.
E eu que era triste
Descrente deste mundo
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
O que é felicidade, meu amor
A nook, a guitar,
This love a song
To give happiness to those who love
Peace to think
And some time to dream
Through the window, Corcovado Hill
How lovely!
This is where I want to be
With you beside me
Until my flame finally goes out
And I who was sad,
Skeptical of this world,
In meeting you I have found
Oh what happiness, my love
EU QUERO UM SAMBA
H. Barbosa/J. de Almeida
Eu quero um samba feito só pra mim
Me acabar, me virar, me espalhar
Eu quero a melodia feita assim
Quero sambar, quero sambar
Quero sambar por que no samba eu sei que vou
Me acabar, me virar, me espalhar
A noite inteira até o sol raiar
Ah quando o samba acaba
Eu fico triste então
Vai melancolia
Eu quero alegria dentro do meu coração
I want a samba made like this
To turn me, broaden me, complete me
I want a melody made like this
I want to samba I want to samba
I want to samba, for in the samba I know I’ll be
Turned, broadened, completed
From night until sunrise
Ah when the samba stops
I feel sad until
Go, sadness!
I want happiness in my heart
É PRECISO PERDOAR
C. Coqueijo/A. Luz
A madrugada já rompeu
Você vai me abandonar
Eu sinto que o perdão
Você não mereceu
Eu quis a ilusão
Agora a dor sou eu
Pobre de quem não entendeu
Que a beleza de amar
E se dar
E só querendo pedir
Nunca soube o que é querer
Para encontrar
Eu sei que é preciso perdoar
Foi você quem me ensinou
Que um homem como eu
Que tem por quem chorar
Só sabe o que é sofrer
Se o pranto se acabar
Dawn has already broken
You will abandon me
I feel forgiveness
You do not deserve
I wanted the illusion
Now I am in pain
Pity those who don’t understand
That the beauty of love is to give
And who never know what it is
They are looking for
I know you must be forgiven
That you have taught me
That a man like me
Who cries for you
Only knows what it is to suffer.
If the crying would only end
EU VIM DA BAHIA
Gilberto Gil
Eu vim eu vim da Bahia cantar
Eu vim da Bahia contar
Tanta coisa bonita que tem na Bahia que è
Meu lugar tem meu chao tem meu ceu
Tem meu mar a Bahia que vive pra dizer
Como è que faz pra viver
Onde a gente nao tem pra comer
Mas de fome nao morre porque
Na Bahia tem mae iemanjà
E de outro lado o Senhor do Bonfim
Que ajuda a baiano a viver
Pra cantar pra sambar pra valer
Pra morrer de alegria
Na festa de rua no samba de roda
Na noite de lua no canto do mar
Eu vim da Bahia mas eu volto pra là
Eu vim da Bahia mas algum dia eu volto pra là
I came from Bahia to sing
I came from Bahia to tell of
This lovely place, Bahia, that is
My place, my land, my sky
And my sea, Bahia which is alive; to tell
What it is like to live there
Where the people have nothing to eat
But don’t die of starvation because
In Bahia there is Our Lady of the Waves
Who helps the Bahian to live,
To sing, to samba, to have value,
To die of happiness
In the street festival in the samba circle
In the moonlit night in a song of the sea
I came from Bahia but I will go back there
I came from Bahia but one day I will go back there
AGUA DE BEBER
A.C.Jobim/V. de Moraes
Eu quis amar, mas tive medo,
Eu quis salvar, meu coraçao
Mas o amor sabe um segredo
O medo pode matar seu coraçao
Agua de beber, agua de beber camara'
Eu nunca fiz coisa táo certa
Entrei pra escola do perdao
A minha casa vive aberta
Abre todas as portas do coraçao
I wanted to love, but was afraid
I wanted to save my heart
But love has a secret
Fear will kill your heart
Water to drink
Water to drink my friend
I never felt so certain
I enrolled
In the school of forgiveness
My house is open
As are all the doors to my heart
INUTIL PAISAGEM
A.C.Jobim/L. Oliveira
Mas pra que, pra que tanto ceu,
Pra que tanto mar, pra que,
De que serve esta onda
que quebra
e o vento da tarde
De que serve a tarde
Inutil paisagem
Po-de ser, que nao venhas mais
Que nao venhas nunca mais
De que servem as flores
que nascem
pelos caminhos
Se o meu caminho
sozinho
e nada,
e nada,
e nada
What use is a lovely sky
Or a lovely sea, what use
What use are the waves that break
And the evening breeze
What use is the evening
Useless time
It may be that you won’t return
That you never return
What use then are the flowers
that grow in our path
In my path
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
GAROTA DE IPANEMA
A.C.Jobim/V. de Moraes
Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça
Num doce balanço, caminho do mar
Moça do corpo dourado do sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar
Ah, porque estou tão sozinho,
Ah, porque tudo é tão triste,
Ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha,
Que também passa sozinha
Ah, se ela soubesse que quando ela passa,
O mundo sorrindo se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo, Por causa do amor
Look at this, so lovely, so graceful,
This lovely girl who comes along, who passes
In sweet balance, along the path to the sea
Golden-bodied girl in the Ipanema sun
With her balance, so like a poem,
This most lovely girl that I watch as she passes
Ah, because I am so alone
Ah, because everything is so sad
Ah, the beauty that exists
Beauty that is not for me
But which also passes alone
Ah, if only she knew that when she passes
The world smiles as if given grace
And feels more lovely for this love
O GRANDE AMOR
A.C.Jobim/V. de Moraes
Haja o que houver,
Há sempre um homem, para uma mulher.
E há de sempre haver para esquecer,
Um falso amor e uma vontade de morrer.
Seja como for há de vencer o grande amor,
Que há de ser no coraçao,
Como perdao pra quem chorou.
There is what there is
There will always be a man for a woman.
And there will always be a need to forget
False love, and there’ll be a will to die.
Be that as it may, these are defeated by great love,
That lives in the heart,
Like forgiveness for those who have cried.
PRA DIZER ADEUS
Edu Lobo
Adeus,
Vou prá não voltar
E onde quer que eu vá,
Sei que vou sozinho.
Tão sózinho amor,
Nem é bom pensar
Que eu não volto mais,
Desse meu caminho.
Ah! pena eu não saber,
Como te contar
Que esse amor foi tanto,
E no entanto eu queria dizer
Vem, eu só sei dizer,
Vem, nem que seja só,
Prá dizer adeus.
Goodbye
I go, never to return
And wherever I go
I know I go alone
Such lonely love
No, it’s no good
To dwell on never coming back
This way
Ah! It grieves me not to know
As it does to tell you
That this love was so great
Meanwhile I wish to say
It’s time; I can only say
It’s time; so as not to have
To say goodbye
ELA É CARIOCA (a girl/woman from Rio)
A.C.Jobim/V. de Moraes
Ela é carioca ela é carioca
Basta o jeitinho dela andar
Nem ninguém tem carinho assim para dar
Eu vejo na luz dos seus olhos as noites do Rio ao luar
Vejo a mesma luz, vejo o mesmo céu vejo o mesmo mar
Ela e meu amor só me vê a mim
A mim que vivi para econtrar
Na luz do seu olhar a paz que souhei
Só sei que sou louco por ela
E pra mim ela é linda demais
E alem do mais ela é carioca, ela é carioca
E alem do mais ela é carioca, ela é carioca
She’s a carioca, she’s a carioca
It’s enough just to see the way she walks
Nobody has more love to give
I see in her eyes the moonlit Rio nights
The same light, the same sky, the same sea
She is my love and only loves me
To me she is beyond compare
In the light of her eyes I find the peace I find
I know I’m crazy for her
And to me she is just too lovely
And what is more, she is a carioca
I Wonder
2005 (all lyrics by Frances Butt)
I WONDER
Drive through the city in the sunlight
White half moon in a pale blue sky
Over the bridge, keep to the right
I look around and I wonder why
People are cruel, people are kind
They take you with them, they leave you behind
Driving through town in the twilight
White half moon in a pale pink sky
Slow at the crossing, stop at the light
I look around and I wonder why
People are happy, people are sad
They do good things, they do bad
And I wonder what makes me wonder
Is it the white half moon in the sky?
Drive out of town at the fall of night
Big half moon in a golden sky
Take a left then hang a right
I look around and I wonder why
People are sick even when they’re well
Say they’re going to heaven and you’re going to hell
And I wonder what makes me wonder
Is it that white half moon in the sky?
Driving home in the dead of the night
White half moon in a deep dark sky
Moths flicker through the headlight
I look ahead and I wonder why
Love is fickle, love is true
Guess it depends on your point of view
And I wonder what makes me wonder
Is it the white half moon in the sky?
SO COLD
How could you be so cold?
How could you walk by so bold?
I know it’s very sad
That we lost the thing we had,
When we thought we’d be together till we were old
But how could you so be so cold?
What did I do so wrong?
And I thought that our love was so strong.
All our happy dreams are shattered now it seems.
I can see now I was wrong to think they’d hold.
But how could you be so cold?
Please won’t you tell me what did I do
To make you behave the way you do?
Every time we pass I go to smile and say hello.
You look over my head or you cut me dead
Why that is, perhaps I’ll never know
May I deserve it, maybe I don’t
Maybe I’ll get over it, maybe I won’t
Every minute, every day I’m trying to understand
Racking my brains but the fact remains
This is not the way I had it planned
You’d think I’d have learned by now
To put it behind me somehow
But still no answer to this question I ask you
How did you make granite out of gold?
How could you be so cold?
THE WAY YOU DO
When you look at me the way you do, when you do
What you do to me
When you look at me the way you do, when you do
If only you could see
When you’re giving me that certain smile, with your eyes
My troubles melt away
You make me feel I could live forever; still I’d be happy
If I had to die today
How many people can say
That they have felt love this way?
I’d do anything for youWhen you look at me the way you do
When we walk along the way we do, hand in hand
For all the world to see,
You’re unaware how the people stare, how they blush
At the way you look at me
Fascinated but they turn away from the fire
This extraordinary flame,
But I’m the only one you see
And by the way
I hope you know I feel the same
How many people can say
That they have felt love this way?
I’d do anything for you
When you look at me the way you do
Oh, let me float away forever on this feeling
Far above the world I thought I knew
I’m bathed in sunlight, soaring so high
I can almost hear the angels cheering you
When you look at me the way you do
DANCE
We’re all grown-up... got to keep it sewn up...
Be responsible... we got to be good.
Got to be in control, got to do as we’re told.
Must we toe the line? I guess we should.
Well that’s all very well, and I think it’s swell,
But we must remember to have some fun.
So I say to you, if you’re feeling blue
Don’t forget to dance…
All your worries, all your troubles
Will still be here tomorrow, when you rise.
Lord knows, we all get the lows
Got to make the time to get some highs.
I want to take you, just for an hour or two,
To a place I know, not far away.
Sounds are pumping, let’s get jumping
Don’t forget to dance.
You know what they say,
All work and no play makes you dull, boy
What you waiting for
Come on, get out the door, don’t be coy
And dance…
If you’re a baby, or you’re eighty three
Any time, any place.
You don’t have to do it all night long,
Just enough to put a smile on your face.
Good dancing is good medicine,
It can get you back up when you’re down.
So I beg you, whatever you do
Don’t forget to dance.
YOU
I was travelling life alone
With no expectation
I’d given up on love in my life
No hope of salvation
And then you came along
And proved yourself so true
It’s wonderful now to remember
The way our love grew
You, you are the one who made me better
And you, you are the one who made me new
Even the worst things about me
Don’t make you run away
Somehow you stay
Can’t believe my luck
You love me
Like I love you
How come I got everything?
I could never have planned it
When I did nothing for it
And I sure don’t deserve it
But I won’t let you down now
Or let you go
I love you so much
And I’ve got to let you know
You, you are the one who made me better
And you, you are the one who made me new
Even the worst things about me
Don’t make you run away
Somehow you stay
Can’t believe my luck
You love me
Like I love you
OH YEAH
Ever felt lousy
Ever felt low
So you wonder how to make it through the day
Has it amazed you
Been a surprise
That out of the blue you suddenly feel this way
Oh yeah
I’ve been there
Ever been smiling
Chatting away
Wondering how no-one sees the sadness in your eyes
Wearing your brave face
Feeling a fraud,
How on earth does no-one realize
Oh yeah
I’ve been there
You have the frightening feeling
The real frightened you’s invisible
And you think the world would think
The reasons you’re like this are risible
So you tell yourself to pull yourself together
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm
Ever felt silly
Ever felt small
In the great scheme of things you’ve no cause to complain
So you tell yourself
It’ll get better
The sunshine’s all the sweeter after the rain
Oh yeah
I’ve been there
Oh yeah
We’ve all been there
YOU MADE ME LAUGH
Some girls would love a Valentino
Some girls like a serious kind of guy.
For myself I’ve found the perfect boy.
It’s you – and I’m going to tell you why:
You made me laugh
When I didn’t want to
So I knew you were the man for me.
Who would have thought
There’d be such a thing as a person
Who could bust me out of a real misery?
You drive me crazy
Cos you never but never stop fooling around,
Even when you know you are
Taking it just too far,
But I’d never want to be without
The joy that I have found
And so my love
I hope you know that I love you.
I’m as happy as I ever could be,
Cos you make me laugh
Even when I don’t want to
So I know you are the man for me.
SOMETIMES
Sometimes I wish
I could close the door on the world and pretend
That it’s alright, there’s no pain
Or at least that I could find my innocence again,
And sometimes I feel
That I need to believe that the hurt is not real.
Wouldn’t it be good if we only could put a hold on all our problems,
Sometimes, I feel.
Oh how I long,
At a time like this, to be patient and strong,
But I fail, though I try,
And then it’s hard to see how to get by.
Over the years
I have learned that I need to shed some tears,
And tomorrow I must be strong again, I can’t go on like this,
So sometimes I cry.
Do you know what I mean when I say
That the world can be so cruel it makes me want to hide away.
But I don’t want to be here all alone with these blue shadows,
I need someone to help me drive them away...
So please stay tonight,
And hold my hand and tell me things will be alright.
I know that if you do then I will come through,
And I can smile again
If sometimes there’s you.
Smile/Breathing
2000
Music: J.Galvin/F. Butt
Lyrics:F. Butt
SMILE
Come with me in the sunshine
Come away with me in the sunshine
Don't be afraid of the sunlight
Let's drive away in the sunlight
And I'll show you
I wanna show you
And I'll show you
Let me show you
How to smile
In the sunshine
Come with me in the sunshine
Let's fly away
(fly away)
In the sushine
And I'll show you
I wanna show you
And I'll show you
Let me show you
How to smile
Smile
If only for a little while
Please baby
Smile
And I'll show you
I wanna show you
And I'll show you
Oh let me show you
How to smile
Smile
Please baby
Won't you
Won't you
Won't you smile
BREATHING
I'm not saying
That whie you've been gone
Everything falls apart
And I can't go on
But I've missed you so much
Here alone
I've got to tell you
When you get home
It's been like breathing
Without air
When I'm living
Without you there
I keep smiling
But I wanna cry
'S been so long now
Since we said goodbye
Did you think I'd forget you
When you were away
How can I tell you
What it's like each day
It's been like breathing
Without air
When I'm living
Without you there
I keep smiling
But I wanna cry
It's been so long now
Since we said goodbye
Sometimes I feel better
Alone at night
When I can dream about you
And hold you tight
I just can't feel right
On my own
I'm barely hanging on
Till you come home