Gal Costa
Baby lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- MPB, Tropicália
- Length
- 3:33
Você precisa saber da piscina
You need to know about the pool
Da margarina, da Carolina
About the margarine, about Carolina
Da gasolina
About the gasoline
Você precisa saber de mim
You need to know about me
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Eu sei que é assim
I know it's like this
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Eu sei que é assim
I know it's like this
Você precisa tomar um sorvete
You need to have an ice cream
Na lanchonete, andar com a gente
At the diner, walk with us
Me ver de perto
Seeing me up close
Ouvir aquela canção do Roberto
Hearing that song by Roberto
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Há quanto tempo
How long has it been
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Há quanto tempo
How long has it been
Você precisa aprender inglês
You need to learn English
Precisa aprender o que eu sei
You need to learn what I know
E o que eu não sei mais
And what I don't know anymore
E o que eu não sei mais
And what I don't know anymore
Não sei, comigo vai tudo azul
I don't know, everything's alright with me
Contigo vai tudo em paz
With you, everything's at peace
Vivemos na melhor cidade
We live in the best city
Da América do Sul, da América do Sul
In South America, in South America
Você precisa, você precisa, você precisa
You need it, you need it, you need it
Não sei, leia na minha camisa
I don't know, read it on my shirt
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
I love you
I love you
Baby, baby (oh, baby, stay)
Baby, baby (oh, baby, stay)
I love you (by me, baiana)
I love you (from me, baiana)
Baby, baby (baby)
Baby, baby (baby)
I love you (stay by me, baiana)
I love you (stay by me, baiana)
Baby, baby (baby, stay)
Baby, baby (baby, stay)
I love you (by me, baiana)
I love you (by me, baiana)
Baby, baby (baby, stay)
Baby, baby (baby, stay)
I love you
I love you
Key vocabulary
- precisa
- needA2
- saber
- knowA1
- piscina
- poolA2
- margarina
- margarineB1
- carolina
- Caroline
- gasolina
- gasolineA2
- sei
- know
- assim
- thusA1
- tomar
- takeA2
- sorvete
- ice creamA1
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About this song
Gal Costa was a Brazilian singer associated with Tropicália and Brazilian popular music. She is known for her influential voice and for moving between bossa nova, contemporary pop, and psychedelic experimental sounds.