corcovado

(quiet nights of quiet s t a r s )

english w a r d s b y g e n e lees
music B crtiginal w o r d s b y ar7tbnio c ~ r l o s
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Coreovado literally means 'hunchback', It is h e name of h e mountain

werlasking Rlo de Janeim on lap 01 whlch stands the statue of Christ The
Redeemer with its outstretched arms embraelng the clty below. The music
tells the story of a man who lives on the mountain dreaming al a simple life.
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qui - et dreams, - qui - e t walks by qui - et streams,

and a win dow look - ing on - the moun -

 - tains and the s e a . How love - ly! This i s where I

want to be,- here with you SO close to me,-

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be - liev - ing life

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