Lyrics from "Retrato em branco e preto" by Tom Jobim and Chico Buarque (1968) --- Good Audio Version (Elis Regina) --- I'm familiar with each step along this road I know it goes nowhere I know its secrets by heart I'm familiar with the stones in the path And I know, too, that there, alone,… Continue reading Retrato em Branco e Preto
Tag: Bossa Nova
Pau de Arara
Lyrics from "Pau de Arara" by Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes (1965) from musical Pobre Menina Rica --- Good Audio Version (without spoken sections) --- Sung I was growing tired of how hungry I was, of the hunger I had I had nothing, what hunger I had... What a cursed drought in my Ceará I went… Continue reading Pau de Arara
Coisas Nossas
Lyrics from "Coisas nossas" by Noel Rosa (1932) --- I would like to be a tambourine To feel all day long Your hand drumming on my skin. This longing for the guitar and the shack, Our things, our things Samba, pennilessness And other fashions They're our things, they're things of ours! The malandro that doesn't… Continue reading Coisas Nossas
Lyrical Brazil 