Flor e o Espinho
Maria Bethânia
Flower and the Thorn
Take your smile out of the way
For I want to pass with my pain
Today for you I am a thorn
Thorn doesn't hurt the flower
I only erred when I joined my soul to yours
The sun can't live near the moon
Take your smile out of the way
For I want to pass with my pain
Today for you I am a thorn
Thorn doesn't hurt the flower
I only erred when I joined my soul to yours
The sun can't live near the moon
It's in the mirror that I see my sorrow
My pain and my eyes full of water
I was once a flower in your life
Today I'm a thorn in your love
Take your smile out of the way
For I want to pass with my pain
Today for you I am a thorn
Thorn doesn't hurt the flower
I only erred when I joined my soul to yours
The sun can't live near the moon
The sun can't live near the moon
Music is God's mother tongue
This is what neither Catholics nor Protestants will understand
That in Africa, the Gods dance
And all made the same mistake
They banned the drums
In fact, if they didn't let the drums play
We, the blacks
Would turn our bodies into drums
Or even more serious
We would beat with our feet on the surface of the earth
And thus
Cracks would open all over the world
