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Jackson do Pandeiro

O Puxa SacoThe Sycophant

Jackson do Pandeiro · Sina de Cigarra Cicada's Fate (1972)

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Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro

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Full lyrics

Outra vez esse menino!


Vou arranjar um lugar de puxa-saco

Que puxa-saco tá se dando muito bem

Tô querendo é chaleirar

Eu não quero é trabalhar

Nem fazer força pra ninguém


A gente trabalha tanto

E não consegue o que quer

Quem anda puxando o saco

Tá comendo de colher


Eu não me importo

Que me chamem de chaleira

De cheleléu ou de bajulador


Com dinheiro, eu boto pra derreter

Eu não quero nem saber

Que eu sou balançador


A gente trabalha tanto

E não consegue o que quer

Quem anda puxando o saco

Está comendo de colher

Translation

This boy again!


I'm going to find a place as a brown-noser

Because brown-nosers are doing very well

All I want is to flatter

I don't want to work

Nor make an effort for anyone


We work so much

And don't get what we want

Those who go around brown-nosing

Are eating with a spoon


I don't care

If they call me a flatterer

A sycophant or an adulator

With money, I'll spend it lavishly

I don't even want to know

That I'm a smooth operator


We work so much

And don't get what we want

Those who go around brown-nosing

Are eating with a spoon


This boy again!

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