S M i L E

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receives,
without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment,
but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty than he can get along without it,
and none is so poor than he can't be made rich by it.
A smile creates haapiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business,
and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary,
cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad,
and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it can not be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours,
as none needs a smile so much as who has no more to give.

"E disseram que eu voltei americanizada

Com o "burro" do dinheiro, que estou muito rica

Que não suporto mais o breque de um pandeiro

E fico arrepiada ouvindo uma cuíca

Disseram que com as mãos estou preocupada

E corre por aí que ouvi um certo zum-zum

que já não tenho molho, ritmo, nem nada

E dos balangandãs já nem existe mais nenhum



Mas p'rá cima de mim, p'rá que tanto veneno?

Eu posso lá ficar americanizada?

Eu que nasci com samba e vivo no sereno

topando a noite inteira a velha batucada

Nas rodas de malandro, minhas preferidas

eu digo é mesmo "eu te amo" e nunca "I love you"

Enquanto houver Brasil... na hora das comidas

eu sou do camarão ensopadinho com chuchu!"