How Insensitive ( Insensatez ) 

How insensitive . . . I must have seemed

when she told me that she loved me . . .

how unmoved an' cold . . . I must have seemed

when she told me so sincerely . . . 

 

Why . . . she must have asked

do I just turn an' stare in icy silence?

What was I to say   . . .

what can you say when a love affair is over? 

 

< instrumental break >

 

Now, she's gone away

and I'm alone with a memory of her last look . . .

vague an' drawn an' sad . . . I see it still

all her heartbreak in that last look . . . 

 

How . . . she must have asked

could I just turn an' stare in icy silence?

What was I to do  . . .

what can one do when a love affair is over? 

 

What can you do 

when a love affair is over? 

 

It's over . . . 

 

Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius De Moraes

English lyrics by Norman Gimbel

| Album Notes |

Produced by Andy Wiswell

Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito

Choral Director: Ray Charles and the Ray Charles Singers.

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

December 29, 1965 ~ March 1, 1966

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

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