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Luiz Gonzaga

Matuto AperreadoWorried Hinterland Dweller

Luiz Gonzaga · Ô Véio Macho Oh, Tough Old Man (2000)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Eu vou, vou volto já

Eu vou me embora

Vou voltar pro meu lugar }bis


A procura de aventura

Eu vim praqui

Só pensando minha vida melhorar

Ao contrário, aqui só vejo a piora

Por motivo de eu não me acostumar

Com coisinhas que não tem na minha terra

E aqui vejo toda hora sem parar }bis


Fico doido com tanta fala de gente

E a zuada de automóvel a me assustar

Se na rua vou fazer um cruzamento

Tenho medo, eu num posso atravessar

Desse jeito, eu sou franco em dizer

Mas um dia eu aqui não posso mais ficar } bis


Lá deixei o meu cavalo, minha sela

Minha rede que comprei no Quixadá

Que eu armava na latada do terreiro

Pra Zefinha, meu amor, me balançar

Sou caboclo que nasceu lá no sertão

Tenho orgulho em dizer que sou de lá }bis

Translation

I'm going, I'll be right back

I'm leaving

I'm going back to my place }bis


In search of adventure

I came here

Only thinking my life would improve

On the contrary, here I only see it getting worse

Because I can't get used to

With little things that aren't in my land

And here I see them constantly }bis


I go crazy with so much talk from people

And the noise of cars scaring me

If I'm going to cross the street

I'm afraid, I can't cross

This way, I'm frank in saying

But one day I can't stay here anymore } bis


There I left my horse, my saddle

My hammock that I bought in Quixadá

That I set up on the porch of the yard

For Zefinha, my love, to swing me

I am a caboclo who was born there in the sertão

I am proud to say I am from there }bis

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