Golden Lapa Rhythm

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cobblestones hum beneath my feet
Sweeter than the sugar on the street
Shadows stretching long and thin
Let the magic night begin
Lapa arches glowing white
Waiting for the silver light
Can you feel the pulse inside?
Nowhere left for you to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
Cavaquinho starts to ring
Hear the city start to sing
Pass the lime and pass the ice
This is paradise
Everything is feeling right
In the middle of the light
[Chorus]
Oh, Samba in the golden dusk (Golden dusk!)
Spinning till the world is just (World is just!)
Laughter and the lime-green dreams
Bursting at the glitter seams
Coração, can you feel the beat?
Dancing on a Lapa street
[Post-Chorus]
Alegria in the air
Flowers in my messy hair
(Samba! Samba!)
(Lapa! Lapa!)
Let the rhythm take you there
Without a single care
[Verse]
Cuíca squeals a playful note
Words are caught inside my throat
Tinsel on a stranger’s sleeve
Wonders you would not believe
Linking arms with someone new
Underneath the hazy blue
Agogô bells start to chime
We are frozen out of time
[Pre-Chorus]
Cavaquinho starts to ring
Hear the city start to sing
Pass the lime and pass the ice
This is paradise
Everything is feeling right
In the middle of the light
[Chorus]
Oh, Samba in the golden dusk (Golden dusk!)
Spinning till the world is just (World is just!)
Laughter and the lime-green dreams
Bursting at the glitter seams
Coração, can you feel the beat?
Dancing on a Lapa street
[Hook]
Baila, baila, meu amor
Feet across the dusty floor
Baila, baila, feel the heat
Samba on a Lapa street
[Bridge]
One voice becomes a thousand more
Washing up upon the shore
No more sorrow, no more pain
Dancing in the golden rain
Tudo bem, everything is fine
Lost inside the rhythm line
Can you hear the surdo drum?
That is where we all become one
[Breakdown]
(Pandeiro solo with rhythmic clapping)
(Call: Hey!) (Response: Ho!)
(Call: Samba!) (Response: Lapa!)
(Call: Agora!) (Response: Alegria!)
[Chorus]
Oh, Samba in the golden dusk (Golden dusk!)
Spinning till the world is just (World is just!)
Laughter and the lime-green dreams
Bursting at the glitter seams
Coração, can you feel the beat?
Dancing on a Lapa street
[Post-Chorus]
Alegria in the air
Flowers in my messy hair
(Samba! Samba!)
(Lapa! Lapa!)
Let the rhythm take you there
Without a single care
[Outro]