Triste performed by Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim from their album Elis and Tom
Sometimes I just get in a mood and can't do anything but listen to the chemistry miracle of Brazilian guitar playing + 70s backing band + sultry vocals.
Triste é viver na solidão
(It's sad to live in solitude)
Na dor cruel de uma paixão
(In the cruel pain of a passion)
Triste é saber que ninguém pode viver de ilusão
(It's sad to know that no one can live in an illusion)
Que nunca vai ser, nunca vai dar
(That will never be, will never happen)
O sonhador tem que acordar
(The dreamer has to wake up)
Tua beleza é um avião
(Your beauty is an airplane)
Demais prum pobre coração
(Too much for a poor heart)
Que para pra te ver passar
(That stops to watch you pass by)
Só pra me maltratar
(Just to mistreat me)
Triste é viver na solidão
(It's sad to live in solitude)