Only a Dream in Rio

More than a distant land
 Over a shining sea
 More than the steaming green
 More than the shining eyes
 Well, they tell me it's only a dream in Rio
 Nothing could be as sweet as it seems
 On this very first day down
 They remind me, "Son, have you so soon forgotten?"
 Often as not it's rotten inside
 And the mask soon slips away
 Strange taste of a tropical fruit
 Romantic language of the Portuguese
 Melody on a wooden flute
 Samba floating in the summer breeze
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 It's alright, you can stay asleep
 You can close your eyes
 You can trust the people of paradise
 To call your keeper
 And tender your goodbyes
 Oh, what a night, wonderful one in a million (oh, what a night)
 Frozen fire Brazilian stars
 Oh, Holy Southern cross (oh, what a night)
 Later on, take me way downtown in a tin can
 I can't come down from the bandstand
 I'm never thrown for such a loss when they say
 Quando a nossa mãe acordar
 Andaremos ao sol
 Quando a nossa mãe acordar
 Cantará pelo sertão
 Quando a nossa mãe acordar
 Todos os filhos saberão
 Todos os filhos saberão
 E regozijarão
 Caught in the rays of the rising sun
 On the run from the soldier's gun
 Shouting out loud from the angry crowd
 The mild, the wild, and the hungry child
 I'll tell you there's more than a dream in Rio
 I was there on the very day
 And my heart came back alive
 There was more
 More than the singing voices
 More than the upturned faces
 And more than the shining eyes
 But it's more than the shining eye
 More than the steaming green
 More than the hidden hills
 More than the concrete Christ
 More than a distant land
 Over a shining sea
 More than a hungry child
 More like another time
 Born of a million years
 More than a million years