Say, have you seen a Carioca
It's not a foxtrot or a polka
It has a little bit of new rhythm
A blue rhythm that sighs

It has a meter that is tricky
A bit of wicked wacky-wicky
But when you dance it with a new love
There'll be true love in her eye

You dream of a new Carioca
Its theme is a kiss and a sigh
Ohhh dream of a new Carioca
When music and lights are gone we're saying goodbye

Two heads together, they say are better than one
Two heads together, that's how the dance is begun
Two arms around you and lips, that sigh I'm yours and you are mine
And you are mine
While the Carioca carries you away
Why we Carioca to the break of day

Now that you've done the Carioca
You'll never care to do the Polka
And then you'll realize the blue hula
The bamboola are through

Tomorrow morning you'll discover
You're just a Carioca lover
And when you dance it with each new love
There'll be true love just for you

You'll dream of the new Carioca
Its theme is a kiss and a sigh
You'll dream of the new Carioca
When music and lights are gone and we're saying goodbye

My love for you cannot die
As long as you and I
Follow through
Learn to do
The Carioca

The Carioca
