A MINHA MENINA by Os Mutantes/Jorge Ben, new words by Joel Sattler
New title: "Looking for Lolita"
I've been looking for Lolita
Guess I'd know her when I see her
Light me up my loins on fire
My sin and my soul my one desire
I knew I'd have to find that girl one day
But then they might put me away
[Bop-a-shoo-bop! A-boppa-boppa-shoo-bop! Oh yeah!]
She makes me howl she makes me wail or
If I could just kiss her
Then they would throw the key away and sack the jailer
If I could find my sweet Lolita
She could be my donnabella
She would be a pretty poison
But I would be a happy fella
My heart is in a five-four rhythm
And beating like a bomb in prison
[Bop-a-shoo-bop! A-boppa-boppa-shoo-bop! Oh yeah!]
But what is bad or which might be worse
I heard the man say
there aint much meat that's still left on her
but what there is is cherce
I have been looking for Lolita
All I know is that I need her
Heard they busted her in school
For breaking all the freaking rules
[instrumental break]
I guess I am so fucking much in love,
I have become an idiot!
[Bop-a-shoo-bop! A-boppa-boppa-shoo-bop! Oh yeah!]
Now I can't even rhyme the words
Here now I am living
in my own theater of the personal absurd
I have been looking for Lolita
All I know is that I need her
Heard they busted her in school
For breaking all the freaking rules
My sweet Lolita
My sweet Lolita....
[with apologies to Vladimir Nabokov]
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Jorge Ben [now known as Jorge BenJor]
Ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela
A lua prateada se escondeu
E o sol dourado apareceu
Amanheceu um lindo dia
Cheirando a alegria
Pois eu sonhei
E acordei pensando nela
Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela
A roseira já deu rosas
E a rosa que eu ganhei foi ela
Por ela eu ponho o meu coração
Na frente da razão
E vou dizer
Pra todo mundo
Como gosto dela
Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela
A lua prateada se escondeu
E o sol dourado apareceu
Amanheceu um lindo dia
Cheirando a alegria
Pois eu sonhei
E acordei pensando nela
Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela
Minha menina,
Minha menina...
My version is based on a recording by Os Mutantes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSI0n-UcqI&feature=fvw
But this version by Relespublica just KILLS me! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQxybhz3Zg&feature=related
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