Africa / Rio
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in twelve-thirty flight
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Libre et rebelle
Tu es de celles
Qui dansent et bats
Au rythme de la samba
Ipanéma n'est pas que la fille que l'on croit
Dans cette ville
Le cœur dans l'eau
Une forêt
Est le refuge des bateaux
Toutes les nuits
Rouge est la lumière de sa peau
C'est plus la peine
Je ne suis plus la même
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Et tes enfants
De tous les sangs
Marchent sur les toits
Il n'y a pas que Guanahara
Le ballon au pied
Aucun rêve ne peut s'effondrer
L'hiver est mort
L'été, c'est janvier
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Rio
Carioca, c'est ça ton drapeau
Chaque couleur définissant ta foi
Vert Tijuca
Bleu nuit bossa
Jaune Copacabana
Blanche et Certi
L'eau est la terre
Où tu prends vie
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Rio fala do amor
Rio fala do amor
Rio fala do amor
Rio fala do amor
Rio fala do amor
Rio fala do amor
Africa / Rio
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in on a twelve-thirty flight
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Free and wild
You're one of those
Who dance and beat
To the rhythm of the samba
Ipanema's not just the girl you think
In this city
Heart in the water
A forest
Is the refuge of the boats
Every night
Red is the light of her skin
It's no use
I'm not the same anymore
Rio
Your Sugarloaf is a bird
Even Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
And your children
Of all bloodlines
Walk on the rooftops
It's not just Guanabara
With a ball at their feet
No dream can collapse
Winter is dead
Summer is January
Rio
Your Sugarloaf is a bird
Even Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
Rio
Carioca, that's your flag
Each color defining your faith
Green Tijuca
Blue night bossa
Yellow Copacabana
White and Certi
Water is the land
Where you come to life
Rio
Your Sugarloaf is a bird
Even Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
Rio speaks of love
Rio speaks of love
Rio speaks of love
Rio speaks of love
Rio speaks of love
Rio speaks of love