Composer: Zé Ramalho
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Vocês que fazem parte dessa massa
Que passa nos projetos do futuro
É duro tanto ter que caminhar
E dar muito mais do que receber
E ter que demonstrar sua coragem
À margem do que possa parecer
E ver que toda essa engrenagem
Já sente a ferrugem lhe comer
Eh! Oh! Oh! Vida de gado
Povo marcado eh! Povo feliz...
Lá fora faz um tempo confortável
A vigilância cuida do ¨normal¨
Os automóveis ouvem a notícia
Os homens a publicam no jornal
E correm através da madrugada
A única velhice que chegou
Demoram-se na beira da estrada
E passam a contar o que sobrou
Eh! Oh! Oh! Vida de gado
Povo marcado eh! Povo feliz.....
O povo foge da ignorância
Apesar de viver tão perto dela
E sonham com melhores tempos idos
Contemplam esta vida numa cela
Esperam nova possibilidade
De verem esse mundo se acabar
A arca de noé, o dirigível
Não voam nem se pode flutuar
Não voam nem se pode flutuar
Translation
You who are part of this mass
That passes through the projects of the future
It's hard to have to walk so much
And give much more than you receive
And have to demonstrate your courage
On the fringes of what it may seem
And see that all this machinery
Already feels the rust eating it
Eh! Oh! Oh! Cattle life
Branded people eh! Happy people...
Outside it's comfortably warm
The surveillance takes care of the "normal"
The automobiles listen to the news
The men publish it in the newspaper
And they run through the early morning
The only old age that has arrived
They linger by the side of the road
And they start to count what's left
Eh! Oh! Oh! Cattle life
Branded people eh! Happy people...
The people flee from ignorance
Despite living so close to it
And they dream of better times gone by
They contemplate this life in a cell
They hope for a new possibility
To see this world end
Noah's ark, the dirigible
They don't fly, nor can they float
They don't fly, nor can they float
