Gilberto Gil
Table Tennis Table lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:31
TABLE TENNIS TABLE
TABLE TENNIS TABLE
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil
Table tennis table
Table tennis table
I and I
I and I
Play to show we are able
Play to show we are able
Not to die
Not to die
Small and light white ball
Small and light white ball
Forth and forth
Forth and forth
All is irie and irie is all
All is irie and irie is all
Love is worth
Love is worth
Don't think I'm trying to make another I
Don't think I'm trying to make another I
One is enough
One is enough
I'm just expanding to overstand a cry
I'm just expanding to understand a cry
As well as a laugh
As well as a laugh
Don't think I'm lieing to fake another me
Don't think I'm lying to fake another me
One is too much
One is too much
I'm just extending the shores of my sea
I'm just extending the shores of my sea
Beyond any reach, beyond any touch
Beyond any reach, beyond any touch
See, on the opposite side as if we look on a mirror
See, on the opposite side as if we look in a mirror
The other, the same
The other, the same
See, on the table tennis table I'm killing the killer
See, on the table tennis table I'm killing the killer
Is this me/we game
Is this me/we game
This me/we game
This me/we game
This me/we game
This me/we game
Oh! Me/we
Oh! Me/we
Yes, me/we
Yes, me/we
The shortest poem in all poetry
The shortest poem in all poetry
Oh! Me/we
Oh! Me/we
Yes, me/we
Yes, me/we
The poem Cassius Clay declamed
The poem Cassius Clay declaimed
Like I and I
Like I and I
The same I and I
The same I and I
Identical to I and I
Identical to I and I
The pray that rastamen proclaimed
The prayer that rastamen proclaimed
To say that we are never alone in this world
To say that we are never alone in this world
Me/we, I and I
Me/we, I and I
To state that state of togetherness
To state that state of togetherness
The oness that means not to die
The oneness that means not to die
Table tennis table
Table tennis table
Ping-pong, ping-pong, I and I
Ping-pong, ping-pong, I and I
Play to show we are able
Play to show we are able
Not to die, not to die
Not to die, not to die
Small and light white ball
Small and light white ball
Forth and forth and so forth
Forth and forth and so forth
All is Irie, Irie is all
All is Irie, Irie is all
Love is worth, love is worth
Love is worth, love is worth
Key vocabulary
- i
- and
- to
- am
- don't
- refuse
- trying
- try
- expanding
- expandB1
- overstand
- understand
- lieing
- lie
- extending
- extend
- shores
- shore
- killing
- kill
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.