Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Nelson Gonçalves
Canonical path: /nelson-goncalves/sertaneja
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Sertaneja
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Sertaneja
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Sertaneja, se eu pudesse,
Se Papai do Céu me desse
O espaço pra voar,
Eu corria a natureza
E acabava com a tristeza
Só pra não te ver chorar.
Na ilusão deste poema
Eu roubava um diadema
Lá no céu pra te ofertar
E onde a fonte rumoreja
Eu erguia tua igreja,
Dentro dela o teu altar.
Sertaneja, por que choras
Quando eu canto
Sertaneja, se este canto
É todo teu?
Sertaneja, pra secar
Os teus olhinhos
Vais ouvir os passarinhos
Que cantam mais do que eu.
A tristeza do teu pranto
É mais triste quando eu canto
A canção que te escrevi
E os teus olhos, neste instante,
Brilham mais que a mais brilhante
Das estrelas que já vi.
Sertaneja, vou embora!...
A saudade vem agora
E a alegria vem depois.
Vou subir por essas serras,
Construir lá noutras terras
Um ranchinho pra nós dois.
(Sertaneja, por que choras quando eu canto?).
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Nelson Gonçalves performs "Sertaneja", and this lyric page sits inside the Nelson Gonçalves catalog on LyroVerse.
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