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João Gilberto João Gilberto

Portrait in Black and White

I already know the steps of this road
I know it won't amount to anything
I know your secrets by heart
I already know the stones on the path
And I also know that there alone
I'm going to get so much worse

What can I do against the charm
From this love that I deny so much, avoid so much
And yet it always comes back to bewitch
With its same sad old facts
That in a photo album
I insist on collecting

Here I go again like a fool
Look for the disconsolate
That I got tired of knowing
New sad days, clear nights
Verses, letters, my face
I'll write to you again

To tell you that this is a sin
I have such a marked chest
From memories of the past
And you know the reason
I will collect another sonnet
Another black and white portrait
Mistreating my heart

I will collect another sonnet
Another black and white portrait
Mistreating my heart

  1. Garota de Ipanema
  2. Vivo Sonhando
  3. Desafinado
  4. Manhã de Carnaval
  5. Triste
  6. Astronauta
  7. Avarandado
  8. Bahia Com H
  9. O Pato
  10. Wave
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