Sertaneja

Country girl if I could
if God gave me
The space to fly
I would run through nature
end the sadness
Just so I wouldn't see you cry
In the illusion of this poem
I would steal a diadem
up in the sky to offer you
and where the fountain murmurs
I would build your church
and inside it your altar

Country girl, why do you cry when I sing
Country girl, if this song is all yours
Country girl, to dry your little eyes
go listen to the birds
that sing more than I do

The sadness of your tears
is sadder when I sing
the song I wrote for you
and your eyes in this moment
shine brighter than the brightest
of the stars I've ever seen
country girl I'm leaving
the longing comes now
joy comes later
I'll climb these mountains
build there in other lands
a little ranch for us two.