She was a pizzicato lover

Quick to pleasure

Caipirinhas all around

She was my Carioca legend

Samba me to the ground

 

She sowed foreign lands

Sailed a far coast

So young and so old

Eyes beautiful when open

Secure that lost she is found

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Sought sense in knowledge

Found peace in people

Saw beauty as it was

Reached out to life

She lived on common ground

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That Carioca lover

Once played for me

Lessons that will save me

When I'm ready

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She is strength and grace

All beauty all around

With love I can hold her

But alone I'm not found

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She is the love in everyone

The peace and hope that unites

So like my Carioca lover

Caipirinhas all around

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