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Chico Buarque (full name: Francisco Buarque de Hollanda; born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, composer, dramatist and writer. He is best known for his music, which often comments on Brazil's social, economic and cultural reality. Chico came from a both intellectual and privileged family background: his father Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda was a well-known historian and sociologist, and the first name of his lexicographer uncle Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda is as strongly associated with Brazilian Portuguese dictionaries as the name Webster is with American ones. A studious child with a precocious interest in music and writing, Chico was heavily impressed by bossa nova, and specifically, by the work of Joo Gilberto. Chico made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows.
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Chico Buarque

(Chico Buarque, 1972)
Quem me v sempre parado, distante
Garante que eu no sei sambar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
Eu t s vendo, sabendo, sentindo, escutando
E no posso falar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
Eu vejo as penas de loua da moa que passa e n!o posso pegar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
H quanto tempo desejo seu beijo
Molhado de maracuj
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
E que me ofende, humilhando, pisando, pensando
Que eu vou aturar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
E quem me v apanhando da vida duvida que eu v revidar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
Eu vejo a barra do dia surgindo, pedindo pra gente cantar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
Eu tenho tanta alegria, adiada, abafada, quem dera gritar
Tou me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar
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