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, 1967)
Tem dias que a gente se sente
Como quem partiu ou morreu
A gente estancou de repente
Ou foi o mundo ento que cresceu
A gente quer ter voz ativa
No nosso destino mandar
Mas eis que chega a roda viva
E carrega o destino pra l
Roda mundo, roda-gigante
Roda moinho, roda pio
O tempo rodou num instante
Nas voltas do meu corao
A gente vai contra a corrente
At no poder resistir
Na volta do barco que sente
O quanto deixou de cumprir
Faz tempo que a gente cultiva
A mais linda roseira que h
Mas eis que chega a roda viva
E carrega a roseira pra l
Roda mundo (etc.)
A roda da saia, a mulata
No quer mais rodar, no senhor
No posso fazer serenata
A roda de samba acabou
A gente toma a iniciativa
Viola na rua, a cantar
Mas eis que chega a roda viva
E carrega a viola pra l
Roda mundo (etc.)
O samba, a viola, a roseira
Um dia a fogueira queimou
Foi tudo iluso passageira
Que a brisa primeira levou
No peito a saudade cativa
Faz fora pro tempo parar
Mas eis que chega a roda viva
E carrega a saudade pra l
Roda mundo (etc.)
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