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Erasmo Carlos & Roberto Carlos: “Love to live, or die of love”

Posted: August 28, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: English, Portuguese | Tags: |Comments Off on Erasmo Carlos & Roberto Carlos: “Love to live, or die of love”

Erasmo Carlos_Classicos em vinilErasmo Carlos & Roberto Carlos

Love to Live…

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Let’s revive our native feelings

Let’s compile all the good moments

And then show the movie around.

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Let’s keep poison from our wine

Let’s keep the darts from intoxicating

The Blood that strews our ground.

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At war, but only if

Wars of love

Missiles of flowers, flowers, flowers

And bombs made out of styrofoam.

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Suddenly – dive into optimism

And swim in the dark waters of the abyss

Avoid that the one be chased by the thousand

We all came from the very same ground

So let’s end the lovelessness…

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Love to live

Or die in love…

Love to live

Or die in love…

Love to live

Or die in love…

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Erasmo Carlos & Roberto Carlos

Amar pra Viver

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Vamos reviver nativos sentimentos

Vamos editar os bons momentos

Depois passar o filme por aí

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Vamos evitar veneno em nosso vinho

Não deixar que as setas se embriaguem

Do Sangue que semeia nosso chão.

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Guerra mas só se for

Guerras de amor

Mísseis de flores, flores, flores

Bombas de isopor.

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De repente, mergulhar com otimismo

E nadar nas águas turvas do abismo

Evitar que mais de mil persiga um só

Viemos do mesmo pó

Fim ao desamor.

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Amar pra viver

Ou morrer de amor…

Amar pra viver

Ou morrer de amor…

Amar pra viver

Ou morrer de amor…

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Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos during the 1960s Jovem Guarda years

Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos during the 1960s Jovem Guarda years

Erasmo Carlos (born Erasmo Esteves in 1941 in Rio de Janeiro) and Roberto Carlos – no relation – (born Roberto Carlos Braga in 1941 in Espíritu Santo state) have been decades-long collaborators in Brazilian music. The two met as teenagers, and early on exchanged the original lyrics for Elvis Presley’s version of Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog”. Roberto was the founder of the Jovem Guarda (Young Guard) pop-rock movement in mid-1960s Brazil – influenced by American rock&roll plus the “British Invasion” – and Erasmo was one of JG’s core members.

Love to Live / Amar pra Viver was featured on Erasmo Carlos’ 1982 album of the same name.

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