Softly, in the evening dusk, a woman is singing to me
She takes me back down the vista of my years, until I see
I see a child underneath the piano
in the boom of the tingling strings
Pressing the poised feet of his mother
who smiles at him as she sings

Cucurucu, cucurucu

Softly now in the evening dusk, a woman is singing to me
She takes me back down the vista of my years, until I see
A boy, a child underneath the piano
in the boom of the tingling strings
Pressing the poised feet of his mother
who smiles at him as she sings
Yearning to belong, yearning to belong
My heart beats with a ceaseless longing
of a yearning to belong
In spite of myself, and all of these nursery songs
My heart beats with a ceaseless longing
of a yearning to belong

Cucurucu, cucurucu
Singing cucurucu, cucurucu

Till the melodies of childish days, are upon, upon me
And they take me back, back down the river
They keep leading me on, they lead me to the sea
And all of my manhood is cast
Down in the flood of remembrance
and I weep like a child for the past

Singing cucurucu, cucurucu
Singing cucurucu, cucurucu

I see a child underneath the piano
in the boom of the tingling strings
Pressing the poised feet of his mother
who smiles at him as she sings
Listen to me son, I'll tell you why your feather's strong
Cause he can still say every single day
he's yearning to belong
Yearning to belong, yearning to belong
My heart beats with a ceaseless
longing of a yearning to belong
In spite of myself, and all of these nursery songs
My heart beats with a ceaseless
meets with a peaceless burning to belong

Singing cucurucu, cucurucu
Singing cucurucu
Singing cucurucu, cucurucu
Cucurucu