Tom: A
Introdução:
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More than a distant land, Over a shining sea
More than the steaming green, More than the shining eyes
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Well they tell me It's only a dream in Rio
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Nothing could be as sweet as it seems, On this very first day down
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They remind me “ son have you so soon forgotten
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Often as not it's rotten inside And the mask soon slips away ''
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Strange taste of a tropical fruit, Romantic language of the portuguese
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Melody on a wooden flute, Samba floating in the summer breeze
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It's allright you can stay asleep, you can close your eyes
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You can trust the people of paradise, To call your keeper and tender your goodbyes
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Oh what a night wonderful one in a million, Frozen fire brazilian stars
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Oh holy southern cross, Later on take me way downtown in a tin can
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I can't come down from the bandstand, I'm never thown for such a loss when they say
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Qdo a nossa mãe acordar, andaremos ao sol, Qdo ... acordar, cantará pelo sertão
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Todos os filhos saberão e regozijarão
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Caught in the rays of rising sun, On the run, from the soldier's gun
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd, the mild, the wild and the hungry child
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I'll tell you there's more than dream in Rio
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I was there on the very day and my heart came back alive
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There was more, more than the singing voices, More than the up turned faces
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And more than the shining eyes, But it's more than the shining eye
More than the steaming green, More than the hidden hills
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More than the concret christ, More than a distant land, over a shining sea
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More than the a hungry child, More like another time, Born of a million years, More than a million years