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Vida Dura - AcústicoHard Life - Acoustic

Adelmario Coelho · Revirando as Gavetas, Vol. 1 (20 Anos) [Acústico] Rummaging Through the Drawers, Vol. 1 (20 Years) [Acoustic] (2014)

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Composer: Adelmario Coelho

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Full lyrics

Uma casa de taipa ao lado da estrada

tem a sombra de um velho cajueiro

o fogo de lenha fervendo a água

o café que prepara o sertanejo

e chega a noitinha fica pensando

amanha será q vai chover

na terra que esta seca mais de ano

e pede a deus para lhe proteger

aiaiai vida dura

aiaiai vida dó

sertanejo trabalha e nada lucra

a não ser uma rede e um lençol

aiaiai vida dura

aiaiai vida dó

sertanejo trabalha e nada lucra

a não ser uma rede e um lençol

Translation

A wattle-and-daub house by the road

has the shade of an old cashew tree

the wood fire boiling the water

the coffee that the backlander prepares

and when evening comes, he keeps thinking

tomorrow, will it rain?

on the land that has been dry for over a year

and asks God to protect him

oh my, hard life

oh my, life of sorrow

the backlander works and gains nothing

except for a hammock and a sheet

oh my, hard life

oh my, life of sorrow

the backlander works and gains nothing

except for a hammock and a sheet

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