Astrud Gilberto - Meditation

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SIDE ONE (Track 03) - written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Norman Gimbel

"The Astrud Gilberto Album" is the first album recorded by Astrud Gilberto, hot off the success from guesting on the landmark jazz album "Getz/Gilberto" (1964), a collaborative project between tenor saxophonist and her husband, the famous Brazilian guitarist/bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto.

Although, Gilberto had never performed professionally, she was requested by her husband to sing in the English verses written for the album's tracks. One of these cuts was "The Girl from Ipanema", a song that would forever be immortalized by her voice, and a rendition that would be the definitive recording of that song. The single sold over one million copies and helped established her as a bossa nova darling and a pop culture superstar. The rest, we can say, is history.

A recording contract was set, and a solo album was immediately made to strike while the iron is summer hot. This was the result.

Released in 1965 by Verve Records.


LYRICS

Ba-pa, ba-pa,
Ba-pa, ba-pa ba pa ra ba-pa...
Bom da ba dum ba, bom bom...

In my loneliness,
When you're gone and I'm all by myself
And I need your caress...

I just think of you
And the thought of you holding me near
Makes my loneliness soon disappear.

Though you're far away,
I have only to close my eyes
And you are back to stay.

I just think of you
And the sadness of missing you brings
Soon is gone and this heart of mine sings.

Yes, I love you so!
And that for me
Is all I need to know.

I will wait for you
'Til the sun falls from out of the sky.
For what else can I do?

I will wait for you,
Meditating how sweet life will be
When you come back to me.

I will wait for you,
Meditating how sweet life will be
When you come back to me.