Funny isnt it that it mesmerised many of us? And it cant be to do with age as I was about 6 or 7 when I first heard it I reckon, @Seeleyboo you were 16. Must just be an instinctively nostalgic sound?
Cant believe we were shoving crisps down us and jumping around to actually quite a sad song! I found this translation of the lyrics:
He left crying, the one who one day only made me cry.
He left crying, the one who one day only made me cry.
He will be crying, to remember a love
that one day he didn't know how to care for.
He will be crying, to remember a love
that one day he didn't know how to care for.
The memory will be with him wherever he goes.
The memory will always be there, wherever I go.
Dance, sun and sea, and I will keep in mind
that love makes one lose and find.
I will be dancing the Lambada, to remember a love
which for a day, an instant, was king.
The memory will be with him wherever he goes.
The memory will always be there, wherever I go.
He will be crying, to remember a love
that one day he didn't know how to care for.
Song, laughter and pain, melody of love --
a moment that hangs in the air.
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