El Bahiano
SOLEDAD
The Bahian
Another sad story
Like so many I've heard
Of an impossible love
From a failed romance
They say that there it was just another day
On Ipanema Beach
There was a doctor of higher rank
With his daughter Lorena
Sitting in a bar and waiting for dad
Lorena was listening to a piano
The pianist smiled and Lorena fell
For that dark-haired Bahian
Dreamy poet, without direction, without crusaders
But she wouldn't leave his side
That Bahian of earth and Sun
Teached her what love is
That Bahiano was more than heaven
He was more than a God
The force that seized them was the one that later betrayed them
Oh! It's still heard in the air
Lorena crying for love
For that Bahian
Of course the father cried out loud
Daughter, what will your mother and others say?
That wretch is not in your category
And doesn't fit in our rich society
Forget about that Bahian, I will never allow it
And I'm going to take you far away so you won't see him again
With her soul in pain
And inconsolable was Lorena
When she reached the top of the Corcovado
I can't live without the love of my Bahian
And so she opened her wings and flew
That Bahian of earth and Sun
Teached her what love is
That Bahiano was more than heaven
He was more than a God
The force that seized them was the one that later betrayed them
Oh! It's still heard in the air
Lorena crying for love
For that Bahian
That Bahian of earth and Sun
Teached her what love is
That Bahiano was more than heaven
He was more than a God
The force that seized them was the one that later betrayed them
Oh! It's still heard in the air
Lorena crying for love
For that Bahian
