O Comedor De Calango E O Gerente Da Multinacional

Na minha infância eu comia calango vivo

In my childhood, I used to eat live lizard

Comia calango seco, comia calango lá

Ate dried lizard, ate lizard there

Era buchudo que nem baiacu virado

It was chubby like a turned pufferfish

Meu joelho era inchado de eu tanto caminhar

My knee was swollen from so much walking

Mas no que a fome me batia era cegueira

But when hunger struck, it was blindness

Eu saía a fazer poeira

I went out raising dust

Pra caçar calango lá

To hunt lizard there

Bicho ligeiro anda virado na cachorra

The nimble creature was running like crazy

Corre mais do que uma porra

Ran faster than hell

Era impossível de alcançar

It was impossible to catch

Era preciso um bocado de inteligência

It took a lot of intelligence

As armadilha e a paciência

Traps and patience

Pra mode a gente almoçar

So we could have lunch

Matava o bicho com uma pedrada na cabeça

Killed the creature with a stone to the head

E pendurava ele na cerca

And hung it on the fence

Pra carne poder secar

For the meat to dry

E a carne seca eu comia com macaxeira

And the dried meat, I ate with cassava

E espantava a mosca bicheira

And scared away the fly

Que queria o meu jantar

That wanted my dinner

Mas êita que é agora que eu me espalho

But now, I'm spreading out

Que plantaram um fastfood

They planted a fast food joint

Bem no meio do sertão

Right in the middle of the backlands

Larguei a calangada do balaio

I left the lizard hunting

E me juntei a fila armada

And joined the armed line

Pra fazer a refeição

To have a meal

Big calango com alface, queijo, pão com gergelim

Big lizard with lettuce, cheese, sesame bread

Suco de xiquexique e eu sem capital

Milkweed juice, and me without cash

Pois é que agora nem caçar a gente pode

Nowadays, we can't even hunt

Porque foi privatizado pela multinacional

Because it's been privatized by the multinational

Acontece que o gerente do franxaize

The thing is, the franchise manager

Que contrata funcionário

Who hires employees

Ouviu falar do meu "know how"

Heard about my 'know how'

E hoje eu ando caçando calango tanto

And now I'm hunting lizards so much

De freelance pago um lanche com o salário semanal

As a freelancer, I buy a meal with the weekly salary

Deus me dê grana pra eu poder casar com Ana

God, give me money to marry Ana

Me dê poupança pra eu comprá-lhe as alianças

Give me savings to buy her the rings

Sucesso pra eu me adaptar ao progresso

Success to adapt to progress

Caçando calango tango, caçando calango lá

Hunting lizard tango, hunting lizard there

Caçando calango tango, caçando calango lá

Hunting lizard tango, hunting lizard there