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Artist: Chico Buarque
Canonical path: /chico-buarque/mano-a-mano
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mano a Mano
Read Mano a Mano lyrics by Chico Buarque on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mano a Mano
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Meu pára-choque com seu pára-choque
Era um toque
Era um pó que era um só
Eu e meu irmão
Era porreta
Carreta parelha a carreta
Dançando na reta
Meu irmão
Na beira de estrada valeu
O que era dele era meu
Eu era ele
Ele era eu
Ela era estrela
Era flor do sertão
Era pérola d'oeste
Era consolação
Era amor na boléia
Eram cem caminhões
Mas ela era nova
Viçosa, matriz
Era diamantina
Era imperatriz
Era só uma menina
De três corações
E então
Atravessando a garganta
Jamanta fechando jamanta
Na curva crucial
Era uma barra, era engano
Na certa, era cano
Na mão, mano a mano
Pau a pau
Na beira de estrada se deu
Se o que era dele era meu
Ou era ele ou era eu
Ela era estrela
Era flor do sertão
Era pérola d'oeste
Era consolação
Era amor na boléia
Eram cem caminhões
Mas ela era nova
Viçosa, matriz
Era diamantina
Era imperatriz
Era só uma menina
De três corações
E então
Então lavei as mãos
Do sangue do
Meu sangue do
Meu sangue irmão
Chão
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Chico Buarque performs "Mano a Mano", and this lyric page sits inside the Chico Buarque catalog on LyroVerse.
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