Sit beside the breakfast table Sit beside the breakfast table Sente-se junto à mesa do café Think about your troubles Think about your troubles Pense sobre os seus problemas Pour yourself a cup of tea Pour yourself a cup of tea Sirva- se de uma xícara de chá And think about the bubbles And think about the bubbles E pense sobre as bolhas You can take your teardrops You can take your teardrops Você pode pegar suas lágrimas And drop them in a teacup And drop them in a teacup E colocá- las em uma xícara de chá Take them down to the riverside Take them down to the riverside Levá-las até a beira do rio And throw them over the side And throw them over the side E jogá-las para o lado To be swept up by a current To be swept up by a current Para serem arrastadas por uma corrente And taken to the ocean And taken to the ocean E levadas para o oceano To be eaten by some fishes To be eaten by some fishes Para serem comidas por alguns peixes Who were eaten by some fishes Who were eaten by some fishes Que serão comidos por alguns peixes And swallowed by a whale And swallowed by a whale E engolidos por uma baleia Who grew so old Who grew so old Que ficará tão velha He decomposed He decomposed Que vai se decompor He died and left his body He died and left his body Ele morre e deixa seu corpo To the bottom of the ocean To the bottom of the ocean Para o fundo do oceano Now evverybody knows Now evverybody knows Agora todo mundo sabe That when a body decomposes That when a body decomposes Que, quando um corpo se decompõe The basic elements The basic elements Os elementos básicos Are given back to the ocean Are given back to the ocean São devolvidos ao mar And the sea does what it oughta And the sea does what it oughta E o mar faz o que deve And soon there's salty water And soon there's salty water E logo haverá água salgada (That's not too good for drinking) (That's not too good for drinking) (Isso não é bom demais para beber) 'Cause it tastes just like a teardrop 'Cause it tastes just like a teardrop Porque tem gosto de uma lágrima (So they run it through a filter) (So they run it through a filter) (Assim que passa-la através de um filtro) And it comes out from a faucet And it comes out from a faucet E ela sai de uma torneira (And is poured into a teapot) (And is poured into a teapot) (E é convertida em um bule de chá) Which is just about to bubble Which is just about to bubble Que está prestes a borbulhar Now think about your troubles Now think about your troubles Agora pense sobre seus problemas