Only a Dream in Rio - Lyrics - James Taylor

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 Some others so soon forgotten Often as not it's rotten inside And the mask soon slips away Strange taste of a tropical fruit Romantic language, Portugese Melody on a wooden flute Samba floating in the summer breeze Take it easy, now It's alright Yankee stay and sleep You can close your eyes You can trust the people of paradise To call your keeper And tender your good-byes Oh what a night Wonderful one in a million Frozen fire Brazilian stars Oh holy Southern Cross 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 sing 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 soldiers gun Shoutin' out loud from the angry crowd The mild the wild and the hungry child I'll tell you There was 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 the hungry child More like another time Born of a million years More than a million years