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Artist: Tom Jobim
Canonical path: /tom-jobim/modinha
Related lyric paths: 6
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Modinha
Read Modinha lyrics by Tom Jobim on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Modinha
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Não pode mais meu coração
Viver assim dilacerado
Escravizado a uma ilusão
Que é só desilusão
Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Como um luar desesperado
A derramar melancolia em mim
Poesia em mim
Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito
E semeia a emoção
Que chora dentro do meu coração
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Tom Jobim performs "Modinha", and this lyric page sits inside the Tom Jobim catalog on LyroVerse.
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