Floating On The Silence That Surrounds Us

Stan Getz / Astrud and Joao Gilberto: Corcovado

quiet nights
of quiet stars
quiet chords
from my guitar
floating on the silence
that surrounds us

quiet thoughts
and quiet dreams
quiet walks
by quiet streams
and a window
that looks out
on Corcovado
oh how lovely

this is where
i want to be
here with you
so close to me
until the final flicker
of life's ember

i who was lost and lonely
believing life was only
a bitter tragic joke
have found with you
the meaning of existence
oh my love

--antonio carlos jobim