Music by Milton Nascimento; English lyrics by Holly Holmes
Morning led me to the sea to watch the rolling waves
That took the face I love
In Vera Cruz (s)he sleeps a never-ending sleep
The stars and me above
Ah! I wish I could forget each moment in the sun,
Our shining Vera Cruz,
Our lives had just begun, what can my future be?
Without you it’s no use
Ah! I’ll count each ocean breeze, I’ll run and never stop!
I can’t forget your song
I hear you in the dark, I see you in the clouds,
Reminding me you’re gone
Twilight settles on the sea, your mem’ry an obsession
That I cannot lose
Oh, let me drift away and leave behind the dream
I lost in Vera Cruz
Ah! I wish I could forget the sadness and the dream,
My love in Vera Cruz
Has sailed away to be abandoned to the wind,
Abandoned to the sea
Ah! I wish I could forget each moment in the sun,
Our shining Vera Cruz,
Our lives had just begun, what can my future be?
Without you it’s no use
