João Bosco — Cabaré song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Cabaré" by João Bosco.
Lyrics
Na porta lentas luzes de neon
Na mesa flores murchas de crepon
E a luz grená filtrada entre conversas
Inventa um novo amor, loucas promessas
De tomara-que-caia surge a crooner do norte
Nem aplausos, nem vaias: um silêncio de morte
Ah, quem sabe de si nesses bares escuros
Quem sabe dos outros, das grades, dos muros
No drama sufocado em cada rosto
A lama de não ser o que se quis
A chama quase morta de um sol posto
A dama de um passado mais feliz
Um cuba-libre treme na mão fria
Ao triste strip-tease da agonia
De cada um que deixa o cabaré
Lá fora a luz do dia fere os olhos
Ah, quem sabe de si nesses bares escuros
Quem sabe dos outros
Lyrics translation
On the door slow neon lights
On the table withered flowers of crepon
And the Grenada light filtered between conversations
Invent a new love, crazy promises
From tomara-que-caia rises to Northern crooner
No applause, no booing: a silence of death
Ah, who knows about you in these dark bars
Who knows about the others, the railings, the walls
In the drama choked on every face
The mud of not being what one wanted
The almost dead flame of a sun set
The Lady of a happier past
A cuba-libre trembles in the cold hand
To the sad striptease of agony
Of each one who leaves the cabaret
Outside the daylight hurts the eyes
Ah, who knows about you in these dark bars
Who knows about others