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Elba Ramalho
Black Vulture
Everything around is just beauty
April sky and the blooming forest
But the black vulture, blind in the eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, sings in pain
Perhaps out of ignorance
Or the worst kind of malice
They pierced the eyes of the black vulture
So he could sing better, oh
Black vulture lives free
But cannot fly
A thousand times the fate of a cage
As long as the sky, oh, could be seen
Black vulture, my singing
Is as sad as yours
They also stole my love, oh
Which was the light, oh, of my eyes
