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Luiz Gonzaga

Passo Fome, Mas Não DeixoI Starve, But I Don't Give Up

Luiz Gonzaga · Forró de Cabo a Rabo Forró From Start to Finish (1986)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Morro de fome

Troco o nome mas num deixo

Me dê amor

Um tiquinho desse remelexo

Mudo meu nome

Passo fome, mas não deixo

Estou doidinho

Pro tiquinho de remelexo


Lá em casa

A mulherada toda forrozeira

E o forró de lá é de sexta-feira

Até segunda-feira

Mas s e no maior sufoco

Mandar eu dançar um côco

E eu aí tum


Nascí no côco e no forró é pra melhor

Num troco xote e forró

Por dinheiro nenhum } bis


Por dinheiro nenhum

Por dinheiro nenhum

Num troco xote e forró

Por dinheiro nenhum } bis

Translation

I'm dying of hunger

I'd change my name but I won't give up

Give me love

A little bit of that sway

I'd change my name

I'd go hungry, but I won't give up

I'm crazy

For a little bit of sway


Back home

All the women are forrozeira

And the forró there is from Friday

Until Monday

But if in the greatest distress

They tell me to dance a côco

And then I go tum


I was born in côco and in forró it's for the best

I wouldn't trade xote and forró

For any money } bis


For any money

For any money

I wouldn't trade xote and forró

For any money } bis

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