Quiet nights (Corcovado)
Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitarFloating on the silence that surrounds usQuiet thoughts and quiet dreams, quiet walks by quiet streamsAnd a window that looks out on corcovado, oh how lovely
This is where I want to beHere with you so close to meUntil the final flicker of lifes embersI who was lost and lonely believing life was onlyThe bitter tragic jokeI found with you the meaning of existence, oh my love
Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitarFloating on the silence that surrounds usQuiet thoughts and quiet dreams, quiet walks by quiet streamsAnd a window that looks out on corcovado, oh how lovely
This is where I want to beHere with you so close to meUntil the final flicker of lifes embersI who was lost and lonely believing life was onlyThe bitter tragic jokeI found with you the meaning of existence, oh my love
"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1960. An English lyric was later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Andy Williams recorded the song with English lyrics, reaching #92 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 in the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 1965.[1]