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Luiz Gonzaga · Duetos Com Mestre Lua Duets with Mestre Lua (2002)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Olha lá vai passando a procissão

Se arrastando que nem cobra pelo chão

As pessoas que nela vão passando acreditam nas coisas lá do céu

As mulheres cantando tiram versos, os homens escutando tiram

chapéu

Eles vivem penando aqui na Terra

Esperando o que Jesus prometeu

E Jesus prometeu coisa melhor

Prá quem vive nesse mundo sem amor

Só depois de entregar o corpo ao chão, só depois de morrer neste

sertão

Eu também tô do lado de Jesus, só que acho que ele se esqueceu

De dizer que na Terra a gente tem

De arranjar um jeitinho prá viver

Muita gente se arvora a ser Deus e promete tanta coisa pro

sertão

Que vai dar um vestido prá Maria, e promete um roçado pro João

Entra ano, sai ano, e nada vem, meu sertão continua ao Deus

dará

Mas se existe Jesus no firmamento, cá na Terra isso tem que se

acabar

Translation

Look, there goes the procession passing by

Dragging itself like a snake on the ground

The people who are passing in it believe in things from heaven

The women singing make verses, the men listening take off their

hats

They live suffering here on Earth

Waiting for what Jesus promised

And Jesus promised something better

For those who live in this world without love

Only after giving the body to the ground, only after dying in this

sertão

I am also on Jesus' side, but I think he forgot

To say that here on Earth we have

To find a way to live

Many people presume to be God and promise so many things for the

sertão

That they will give a dress to Maria, and promise a farm for João

Year comes, year goes, and nothing comes, my sertão remains at God's

will

But if Jesus exists in the firmament, here on Earth this has to

end

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