O Comedor de Calango e o Gerente da Multinacional Lyrics Translation in English

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

I was as bloated as 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 lizards there

Bicho ligeiro anda virado na cachorra

Quick creature, turns like crazy

Corre mais do que uma porra

Runs faster than anything

Era impossível de alcançar

It was impossible to catch

Era preciso um bocado de inteligência

A bit of intelligence was needed

As armadilha e a paciência

The traps and patience

Pra mode a gente almoçar

So that 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

So the meat could dry

E a carne seca eu comia com macaxeira

And the dried meat, I ate with cassava

E espantava a mosca bicheira

And chased away the botfly

Que queria o meu jantar

That wanted my dinner

Mas êita que é agora que eu me espalho

But oh, now I spread out

Que plantaram um fast food

They planted a fast food

Bem no meio do sertão

Right in the middle of the backcountry

Larguei a calangada do balaio

I left the lizard hunting basket

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

Chayote juice and I without capital

Pois é que agora nem caçar a gente pode

Well, now we can't even hunt

Porque foi privatizado pela multinacional

Because it was privatized by the multinational

Acontece que o gerente do franxaize

It turns out that the manager of the franchise

Que contrata funcionário

Who hires employees

Ouviu falar do meu nôrrau

He heard about my trouble

E hoje eu ando caçando calango tanto

And today 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 for me to adapt to progress

Caçando calango tanto, caçando calango lá

Hunting lizards so much, hunting lizards there