From Benny Sato Ambush “Director”
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Tuck & Patti: Cantador (Like A Lover)
Lyrics
Like a lover
The morning sun
Slowly rises
And kisses you awake
Your smile is soft and drowsy
As you let it play
Upon your face
Oh, how I dream
I might be like the morning sun to you
How I envy the cup that knows your lips
Let it be me, my love
And the table that feels your fingertips
Let it be me, oh let me be your love
Oh, bring an end to the endless days and nights
Without you
Like a lover, the river wind
Sighs and ripples
Its fingers through your hair
Upon your cheek it lingers
Never having known a sweeter place
Oh, how I dream
I might be like the river wind to you
How I envy the cup that knows your lips
Let it be me, my love
And the table that feels your fingertips
Let it be me, oh let me be your love
Oh, bring an end to the endless days and nights
Without you
Like a lover, the velvet moon
Shares your pillow
And watches while you sleep
Its light arrives on tiptoe
Gently taking you in its embrace
Oh, how I dream
I might be like the velvet moon to you
How I envy the cup that knows your lips
Let it be me, my love
And the table that feels
Your fingertips
Let it be me, oh let me be your love
Oh bring an end to the endless days and nights
Without you
Let me please you
That is all I want to do
Songwriters: Nelson Motta / Dori Caymmi
Cantador (Like a Lover) lyrics © Warner/chappell Edicoes Musicais Ltda
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Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni)
Lyrics
None shall sleep,
None shall sleep!
Even you, oh Princess,
In your cold room,
Watch the stars,
That tremble with love
And with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
My name no one shall know,
No... no...
On your mouth, I will tell it,
When the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win!
I will win!