Perdido
Webster Ben Lyrics
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I lost it way down in Torido
While chancing a dance fiesta
Bolero, he glanced as I danced the Bolero
He said taking off his sombrero: "Let's meet for a sweet fietsa"
High was the sun when we first came close
Low was the moon when we said adios
Perdido, since then has my heart been perdido
I know I must go to Torido, that yearning to lose perdido
I look for my heart it's perdido
I lost it way down in Torido
He glanced as I danced the Bolero
He smiled as he tipped his sombrero
High was the moon when we first came close
Low was the moon when we said adios
Since then has my heart been perdido
I must go to Torido, that yearning telude
Perdido oeoeoeoe Perdido oeoeoeoe Perdido
The day the fiesta started
Perdido oeoeoeoe Perdido oeoeoeoe Perdido
That's when my heart departed
It's perdido!
The lyrics of Webster Ben's song Perdido speaks about a woman who has lost her heart in Torito during a fiesta. The singer repeats the word,"Perdido", translating to lost, throughout the lyrics, emphasizing her pain and despair over losing her heart. She reminisces about how she enjoyed swaying to the Bolero, kissing her sombrero and how high the sun was when she held her love close, and how low the moon was when they parted ways. The lyrics cut deep into the listener's heart as they can empathize with the loss of love and how it feels like a piece of their soul is missing.
The lyrics also depict how she must go back to Torito to find what she has lost, emphasizing how she is determined to find her heart even if it takes revisiting the memory of her painful loss. The lyrics express strong emotions of loss, determination, and the desire to heal from her trauma.
Line by Line Meaning
Perdido,
Lost, searching for my heart in Torito
I look for my heart
Searching for my heart that's been lost
It's perdido
It's lost
I lost it way down in Torito
My heart got lost in Torito
The day the fiesta started
It happened on the day the fiesta began
Bolero,
Dance where they play the Bolero
I sway that they play the Bolero
Dancing to the Bolero music
I kissed me the listing sombrero
I kissed the brim of a hat
And that's when my heart departed
My heart departed at that moment
High, was the sun when I held him close
The sun was high when I was with my love
Low, was the moon when we said, "Adios"
The moon was low when we said goodbye
Perdido
Lost
My heart ever since is Perdido
My heart has been lost ever since
I know I must go to Torito
I have to go to Torito
To find what I lost Perdido
To find my lost heart
Goodnight perdido
Goodnight, lost one
I lost perdido
I lost my heart
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JUAN TIZOL
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Guðjón Guðmundsson
unbelievable era - how I miss this jazz sound in jazz
mark malak
Perdido is one of my favorite songs. It's been done every way imaginable,but this may be the coolest version yet! Made a Ben Webster fan of me!
hjazz webster
que fantastica reliquia...siempre vigente en mis oidos y corazon...gracias
Fredy Wraamann
He was`nt lost...he knew where he was and what he was doing! The Duke always had great players and Ben was one of the best. I enjoyed this!!
Dr. Barry BassBox
The phrasing and the articulation is genial!!!
Mark Smith
My intro to jazz right here. My mom has a set of 78s with perdido.
EgyptianMinor
Wow Rick Laird on Upright, I knew he'd started in Straight Ahead and also played w/ Stan Getz among others in the 1960s, but I essentially know his playing as Mahavishnu Orchestra's Mk1 electric bassist, playing heavy metal decibel Jazz Rock Fusion.
masapell
Love Mulligan doing the Cotton Tail quote at 2:42!!! The look on Ben's face!
earthchild100
killer!!!i love ben webster
dggd
March 27, 2010 Happy Birthday Today Ben Webster (101 yrs.) You and and Sarah Vaughn (86 yrs.) Gone, but NEVER FORGOTTEN!!!