Sitting by the Side of the Road

20 October 2025

Sitting by the Side of the Road

Original version, Sentado à beira do caminho, by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos; Changes in English by Debra Milligan

I can’t stay here waiting anymore

for you to suddenly come back to me

So many cars and hurried trucks pass me by

I am sitting by the side of a never-ending road

My gaze wanders into the distance of a sad road

Where the sadness and nostalgia of your love

still exist.

And this Sun burning on my face

is the little joy

That remains when I think

That maybe I could see you

one day

I want to forget, but I insist

I need to think

that

I exist I exist I exist.

And suddenly it rains non-stop

and then I cry so much

And the raindrops unintentionally

mix with my tears

I search everywhere for your affection

and find nothing.

And I spend nights

without sleep

Imagining your arrival.

I want to forget, but I insist

I need to think

that

I exist I exist I exist.

Cars and trucks,

lights, people

Everything merges

in my mind

And my shadow accompanies me

and sees that I could be

slowly dying

Why do you not see

that I can’t

continue this fate

anymore

Waiting my whole life

for your love

Here by the side of the road

I want to forget, but I insist

I need to think

that

I exist I exist I exist.

I can’t stay here anymore

I can’t stay here anymore

I can’t stay here anymore.