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Artist: Chico Buarque
Canonical path: /chico-buarque/a-foto-da-capa
Related lyric paths: 6
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A Foto da Capa
Read A Foto da Capa lyrics by Chico Buarque on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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A Foto da Capa
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O retrato do artista quando moço
Não é promissora, cândida pintura
É a figura do larápio rastaqüera
Numa foto que não era para capa
Uma pose para câmera tão dura
Cujo foco toda lírica solapa
Era rala a luz naquele calabouço
Do talento a clarabóia se tampara
E o poeta que ele sempre se soubera
Claramente não mirava algum futuro
Via o tira da sinistra que rosnara
E o fotógrafo frontal batendo a chapa
É uma foto que não era para capa
Era a mera contracara, a face obscura
O retrato da paúra quando o cara
Se prepara para dar a cara a tapa
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Chico Buarque performs "A Foto da Capa", and this lyric page sits inside the Chico Buarque catalog on LyroVerse.
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