My Rio lady I never thought that I would be Down in Rio de Janeiro Without my Rio lady next to me Dark as the night And wild as the wind She crystallized In my eyes once again She moves with the ease Of a soft Rio breeze Blowing through the sky I've told myself more lies Than the stars in the skies And I don't know why My Rio lady I've carried you around the world Through every sound that's heard And even spoken word you are there My Rio lady I never thought that I would be Down in Rio de Janeiro Without my Rio lady next to me We'd dance all night To our sweet samba songs of love The tambourines kept time standing still In the midnight sun How long ago it seems? I'd made my Rio lady's dreams a reality Like the lightening's flash at night Was I wrong? Was she right? I guess I'll never see My Rio lady I've carried you around the world Through every sound that's heard And even spoken word you are there My Rio lady I never thought that I would be Down in Rio de Janeiro Without my Rio lady next to me My Rio lady I've carried you around the world My Rio lady I never thought that I would be.