Here I am strolling down
Atlantic Avenue
With the sunlight in my eyes

Here I am and there's nothing
I would rather do
When I want some peace of mind


Oh, I leave the smoke of Rio behind,
as evening starts to fly

I wanna feel the ocean breeze
where the mountains touch the sky


So come on
down Atlantic Avenue
Let the samba take a hold of you;

'cos I know there is no place
like the Avenue
When the music gets a hold of you


Drive along to Ipanema,
but there's always time to spare

Forget the troubles of the world
when they get too much to bear


Oh oh, wooh

Flying down to Rio

never thought I would be
walking by the ocean here today, no
Pretty soon I got to leave,

but I know my heart will stay