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How Come, How Long

Por que, Por Quanto Tempo

There was a girl I used to know There was a girl I used to know Havia uma garota que eu conhecia She was oh so beautiful She was oh so beautiful Oh ela era tão bela But she's not here anymore But she's not here anymore Mas ela não está mais aqui She had a college degree She had a college degree Ela tinha diploma de faculdade Smart as anyone could be Smart as anyone could be Esperta como ninguém She had so much to live for She had so much to live for Ela tinha tanto para viver But she fell in love But she fell in love Mas ela se apaixonou With the wrong kinda man With the wrong kinda man Pelo tipo errado de homem He abused her love and treated her so bad He abused her love and treated her so bad Ele abusou de seu amor e a tratou muito mal There was not enough education in her world There was not enough education in her world Não havia educação suficiente em seu mundo That could save the life of this little girl That could save the life of this little girl Que poderia salvar a vida desta menina How come, how long How come, how long Por que, por quanto tempo It's not right, it's so wrong It's not right, it's so wrong Não é certo, é tão errado Do we let it just go on Do we let it just go on Então vamos apenas deixar pra lá Turn our backs and carry on Turn our backs and carry on Dar as costas e seguir em frente Wake up, for it's too late Wake up, for it's too late Acordar pois é tarde demais Right now, we can't wait Right now, we can't wait Agora, nós não podemos esperar She won't have a second try She won't have a second try Ela não vai ter uma segunda chance Open up your hearts Open up your hearts Abra seu coração As well as your eyes As well as your eyes Bem como os seus olhos She tried to give a cry for help She tried to give a cry for help Ela tentou dar um grito de socorro She even blamed things on herself She even blamed things on herself Ela até culpou a si mesma But no one came to her aid But no one came to her aid Mas ninguém veio em seu auxílio Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell Nada estava errado até onde podíamos ver That's what we'd like to tell ourselves That's what we'd like to tell ourselves Isso é o que nós gostaríamos de dizer a nós mesmos But no, it wasn't that way But no, it wasn't that way Mas não, não era assim So she fell in love So she fell in love Então ela se apaixonou With the wrong kinda man With the wrong kinda man Com o tipo errado de homem And she paid with her life And she paid with her life E ela pagou com sua vida For loving that man For loving that man Por amar aquele homem So we cannot ignore, So we cannot ignore, Portanto, não podemos ignorar We must look for the signs We must look for the signs Devemos procurar os sinais And maybe next time we might save And maybe next time we might save E talvez da próxima vez Podemos salvar somebody's life somebody's life A vida de alguém How come, how long How come, how long Por que, por quanto tempo It's not right, it's so wrong It's not right, it's so wrong Não é certo, é tão errado Do we let it just go on Do we let it just go on Então vamos apenas deixar pra lá Turn our backs and carry on Turn our backs and carry on Dar as costas e seguir em frente Wake up, for it's too late Wake up, for it's too late Acordar pois é tarde demais Right now, we can't wait Right now, we can't wait Agora, nós não podemos esperar She won't have a second try She won't have a second try Ela não vai ter uma segunda chance Open up your hearts Open up your hearts Abra seu coração As well as your eyes As well as your eyes Bem como os seus olhos I on occasion met that guy I on occasion met that guy Uma vez eu conheci esse cara It's been a feeling deep inside It's been a feeling deep inside Foi um sentimento profundo Some ... wasn't right Some ... wasn't right Algo sobre ele não era direito The way he proves himself a man The way he proves himself a man A maneira como ele se mostra um homem By beating his woman with his hands By beating his woman with his hands Por bater em sua mulher com as mãos Oh I wish that she'd seen the light Oh I wish that she'd seen the light Oh eu queria que ela tivesse visto a luz How can someone like that call himself a man How can someone like that call himself a man Como pode alguém assim chamar-se de homem He's not a man He's not a man Ele não é homem Soon reality ... Soon reality ... Logo a realidade está longe And we cannot ignore And we cannot ignore E não podemos ignorar Whenever we see the signs Whenever we see the signs Devemos procurar os sinais 'Cause any kind of abuse 'Cause any kind of abuse Causar qualquer tipo de abuso God knows, it's a crime God knows, it's a crime Deus sabe que é um crime How come, how long How come, how long Por que, por quanto tempo It's not right, it's so wrong It's not right, it's so wrong Não é certo, é tão errado Do we let it just go on Do we let it just go on Então vamos apenas deixar pra lá Turn our backs and carry on Turn our backs and carry on Dar as costas e seguir em frente Wake up, for it's too late Wake up, for it's too late Acordar pois é tarde demais Right now, we can't wait Right now, we can't wait Agora, nós não podemos esperar She won't have a second try She won't have a second try Ela não vai ter uma segunda chance Open up your hearts Open up your hearts Abra seu coração As well as your eyes As well as your eyes Bem como os seus olhos

Composição: Babyface / Stevie Wonder





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