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What Had to Be

Elis Regina

O Que Tinha De Ser

Porque foste na vida a última esperança
Encontrar-te me fez criança
Porque já eras meu, sem eu saber sequer
Porque és o meu homem, e eu tua mulher
Porque tu me chegaste
Sem me dizer que vinhas
E tuas mãos foram minhas com calma
Porque foste em minh'alma como um amanhecer
Porque foste o que tinha de ser

What Had to Be

Because you were in life the last hope
Finding you made me a child
Because you were already mine, without me even knowing
Because you're my man, and I'm your woman
Because you came to me
Without telling me you were coming
And your hands were mine calmly
Because you were in my soul like a dawn
Because you were what had to be

Escrita por: Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes