Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Paulinho da Viola
Canonical path: /paulinho-da-viola/brancas-e-pretas
Related lyric paths: 6
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Brancas e pretas
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Brancas e pretas
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Num jogo de vida e de morte
As brancas e as pretas
Sobre o tabuleiro
Ali não há golpes de sorte
Se pensam jogadas
Destino certeiro
O quadro é um mar quadriculado
Sem ondas, parado
Porém de marés
Às vezes um passo mal dado
Um lance apressado
Resulta em revés
Os reis, as rainhas e os bispos
Dominam a cena
Com seu poderio
Da torre se avista o tablado
Peões trabalhando
Por horas a fio
O meu coração anda aos saltos
Parece um cavalo
No seu movimento
Selvagem e até traiçoeiro
Vai sem cavaleiro
Tabuleiro adentro
Parceiros
Duelam paciência
Por vezes se estranham
O amor e a ciência
As pedras ali não têm limo
E mudam de rumo
Por conveniência
Ou por não acharem saída
Não rolam, se deitam
No fim da partida
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