El Bahiano

Another sad story
like so many I've heard
of an impossible love
of a poorly achieved romance.
They say it was just another day
on Ipanema beach
a doctor of high rank was there
with his daughter Lorena.
Sitting in a bar waiting for her dad
Lorena listened to a piano
the pianist smiled and Lorena fell
for that dark-skinned Bahiano.
Dreamy poet, aimless, without a penny
but she wouldn't leave his side.
That Bahiano of earth and sun
showed her what love is
that Bahiano was more than the sky,
he was more than a God.
The force that possessed them was the one that later betrayed them
you can still hear in the air
Lorena crying for love
for that Bahiano.
Of course, the father raised hell
what will your mother and others say
that wretch is not of your class
and doesn't fit in our rich society.
Forget about the Bahiano, I will never allow it
and I will 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 Corcovado
I can't live without the love of my Bahiano
and so she opened her wings and flew.
That Bahiano of earth and sun
showed her what love is
that Bahiano was more than the sky,
he was more than a God.
The force that possessed them was the one that later betrayed them
you can still hear in the air
Lorena crying for love
for that Bahiano.
Oooooooooo...
Na na na na....
Ooooooeoooo...
That Bahiano of earth and sun
showed her what love is
that Bahiano was more than the sky,
he was more than a God
The force that possessed them was the one that later betrayed them
you can still hear in the air
Lorena crying for love
for that Bahiano.