Well as a matter of fact, "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" may be my very favoritest song evar -- at least the version recorded by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. It's so simple and direct, and so perfectly set to the music. I'm always amazed when I remember that it was originally written in Portuguese and the English lyrics are but a translation. Astrud Gilberto sings each verse first in English and then in Portuguese.
Quiet nights of quiet stars
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence that surrounds us
Quiet nights and quiet dreams
Quiet walks by quiet streams
And a window that looks out on Corcovado, oh how lovely
This is where I want to be
Here with you so close to me
Until the final flicker of life's ember
I who was lost and lonely,
Believing life was a only a bitter tragic joke,
have found with you
the meaning of existence oh, my love
