When Charlie speaks of Lester When Charlie speaks of Lester Quando Charlie fala de Lester You know someone great has gone You know someone great has gone Você conhece alguém passou grande The sweetest swinging music man The sweetest swinging music man O homem mais doce música balançando Had a Porkie Pig hat on Had a Porkie Pig hat on Tinha um chapéu na Pig Porkie A bright star A bright star Uma estrela brilhante In a dark age In a dark age Em uma era sombria When the bandstands had a thousand ways When the bandstands had a thousand ways Quando os coretos tinha mil maneiras Of refusing a black man admission Of refusing a black man admission De recusar a admissão negro Black musician Black musician Músico negro In those days they put him in an In those days they put him in an Naqueles dias, eles o colocaram em um Underdog position Underdog position Posição Underdog Cellars and chittlins' Cellars and chittlins' Caves e chittlins ' When Lester took him a wife When Lester took him a wife Quando Lester tomou-lhe mulher Arm and arm went black and white Arm and arm went black and white Braço e no braço foi a preto e branco And some saw red And some saw red E alguns viram vermelho And drove them from their hotel bed And drove them from their hotel bed E dirigi-los de sua cama de hotel Love is never easy Love is never easy O amor nunca é fácil It's short of the hope we have for happiness It's short of the hope we have for happiness É curto da esperança que temos para a felicidade Bright and sweet Bright and sweet Brilhante e doce Love is never easy street! Love is never easy street! O amor nunca é fácil de rua! Now we are black and white Now we are black and white Agora estamos em preto e branco Embracing out in the lunatic New York night Embracing out in the lunatic New York night Abraçando no lunatic noite de Nova York It's very unlikely we'll be driven out of town It's very unlikely we'll be driven out of town É muito improvável que vamos ser expulsos da cidade Or be hung in a tree Or be hung in a tree Ou ser pendurado em uma árvore That's unlikely! That's unlikely! Isso é improvável! Tonight these crowds Tonight these crowds Hoje à noite essas multidões Are happy and loud Are happy and loud Estão felizes e alto Children are up dancing in the streets Children are up dancing in the streets As crianças estão dançando nas ruas In the sticky middle of the night In the sticky middle of the night No meio pegajoso da noite Summer serenade Summer serenade Verão serenata Of taxi horns and fun arcades Of taxi horns and fun arcades Chifres de táxi e arcades divertido Where right or wrong Where right or wrong Onde certo ou errado Under neon Under neon Em neon Every feeling goes on! Every feeling goes on! Cada sentimento continua! For you and me For you and me Para você e eu The sidewalk is a history book The sidewalk is a history book A calçada é um livro de história And a circus And a circus E um circo Dangerous clowns Dangerous clowns Palhaços perigoso Balancing dreadful and wonderful perceptions Balancing dreadful and wonderful perceptions Balanceamento percepções terrível e maravilhosa They have been handed They have been handed Eles foram entregues Day by day Day by day Dia a dia Generations on down Generations on down Gerações para baixo We came up from the subway We came up from the subway Nós viemos acima do metrô On the music midnight makes On the music midnight makes Na meia-noite, a música faz To Charlie's bass and Lester's saxophone To Charlie's bass and Lester's saxophone Para o baixo de Charlie e saxofone de Lester In taxi horns and brakes In taxi horns and brakes Em chifres de táxi e freios Now Charlie's down in Mexico Now Charlie's down in Mexico Agora Charlie baixo no México With the healers With the healers Com os curandeiros So the sidewalk leads us with music So the sidewalk leads us with music Assim, a calçada conduz-nos com a música To two little dancers To two little dancers Para dois dançarinos pouco Dancing outside a black bar Dancing outside a black bar Dançando fora de uma barra preta There's a sign up on the awning There's a sign up on the awning Há um sinal em cima da marquise It says "Pork Pie Hat Bar" It says "Pork Pie Hat Bar" Ele diz que "Bar Pork Pie Hat" And there's black babies dancing... And there's black babies dancing... E não há dança bebês negros ... Tonight! Tonight! Hoje à noite!