The Waters of March (Portuguese: "Águas de Março" [ˈaɡwɐʒ dʒi ˈmaʁsu]) is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1972). Jobim wrote both the English and Portuguese lyrics. The lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that form a collage; nearly every line starts with "É..." ("[It] is..."). In 2001, "Águas de Março" was named as the all-time best Brazilian song in a poll of more than 200 Brazilian journalists, musicians and other artists conducted by Brazil's leading daily newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo. It was also voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 2nd greatest Brazilian song.
The inspiration for "Águas de Março" came from Rio de Janeiro's rainiest month. March is typically marked by sudden storms with heavy rains and strong winds that cause flooding in many places around the city. The lyrics and the music have a constant downward progression much like the water torrent from those rains flowing in the gutters, which typically would carry sticks, stones, bits of glass, and almost everything and anything. The orchestration creates the illusion of the constant descending of notes much like Shepard tones.
(ó o biscoito novo aí madame, vai levar, vai levar? )
Joga bossa nova samba
Dj please play bossa nova for me
Radio, radio
Colours in life
Everyday thinks like a stick or a fly
A pear, a peach
A girl on the beach
Talking let's speak brazil and portuguese
Abacaxi is pineapple
Banana is banana
Hot in the sun
Hot on the skin
Pele zico pele
Na tv on tv
Hat trick, lick trich
The kings of the day
Easy away the pain of the day today
Cantar is to sing
Doer is to hurt
Camisa dez, number ten shirt
Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista
Me conquista, ta ta ta ta ta ta
Play
Cantar is to sing
Doer is to hurt
Camisa dez, number ten shirt
Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ...
(sentir the heat)
Nada is to swim and nothing too,
Viajar is to travel you can come too
To smoke e' fumar
To escape escapar
Joga bossa nova samba
Joga bossa nova samba
Joga bossa nova samba
Joga bossa nova samba