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Alceu Valença

Gato Da NoiteNight Cat

Alceu Valença · Coração Bobo Silly Heart (1980)

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Composer: Alceu Valença

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Full lyrics

Sou como um gato na noite

Ai meus olhos de vigia

Se choram de madrugada

Deságuam no meio dia

E o coração se incendeia

No leito de minhas veias

Chuva de olho é sangria.


Se eu cruzasse a madrugada

Sem pensar no outro dia

Sem fazer acrobacias

Pra me equilibrar no tempo

Seu eu girasse um cata-vento

Eu mudava a geografia

Mas meus olhos de vigia

Enxergam não podem nada

O coração seca em mágoa

Chuva de olho é sangria


Meu Maracatu é da coroa imperial

É de Pernambuco, ele é da Casa Real

Translation

I'm like a cat in the night

Oh, my watchful eyes

If they cry in the early morning

They flow out at midday

And the heart ignites

In the bed of my veins

Eye rain is bloodletting.


If I crossed the early morning

Without thinking about the next day

Without doing acrobatics

To balance myself in time

If I spun a weather vane

I would change the geography

But my watchful eyes

See, they can't do anything

The heart dries up in sorrow

Eye rain is bloodletting.


My Maracatu is from the imperial crown

It's from Pernambuco, it's from the Royal House

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