C#m7 Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Bm7 She takes me back down the vista of my years, until I see C#m7 Bm7 I see a child underneath the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings A7 Pressing the poised feet of his mother who smiles at him as she sings. Bm7 C#m7 B A Cucurucu, cucurucu D Bm F#m A Mmmmmmm Bm Softly now in the evening dusk, a woman is singing to me; F#m E She takes me back down the vista of my years, until I see D Bm A boy, a child underneath the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings F#m E Pressing the poised feet of his mother who smiles at him as she sings D Bm Yearning to belong, yearning to belong F#m E My heart beats with a ceaseless longing of a yearning to belong D Bm In spite of myself, and all of these nursery songs F#m E My heart beats with a ceaseless longing of a yearning to belong D Bm Cucurucu, cucurucu F#m E Singing cucurucu, cucurucu Bm A E G#m7 Mmmmmmm Bm A E C#7 Till the melodies of childish days, are upon, upon me Bm A And they take me back, back down the river E C#7 They keep leading me on, they lead me to the sea Bm A And all of my manhood is cast E C#7 Down in the flood of remembrance, and I weep like a child for the past. D Bm Singing cucurucu, cucurucu F#m E Singing cucurucu, cucurucu D Bm F#m A Mmmmmmm D Bm I see a child underneath the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings F#m A Pressing the poised feet of his mother who smiles at him as she sings. D Bm Listen to me son, I'll tell you why your father's strong F#m E Cause he can still say every single day, he's yearning to belong D Bm Yearning to belong, yearning to belong F#m E My heart beats with a ceaseless longing of a yearning to belong D Bm In spite of myself, and all of these nursery songs F#m E My heart beats with a ceaseless, meets with a peaceless burning to belong D Bm Singing cucurucu, cucurucu F#m E Singing cucurucu D Bm Singing cucurucu, cucurucu F#m E E E E E Cucurucu