Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Toquinho
Canonical path: /toquinho/triste-sertao
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Triste Sertão
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Triste Sertão
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Juriti é pass'o triste
Canta em muita solidão.
Nem sequer sabe que existe
Amigo, mulher e violão. .
Canta pra xique-xique,
Cascavel, camaleão.
Só responde a siriema
Que grita de chegar a fazer pena
Na velha caatinga do sertão.
Quéu-quéu chorou
Mata branca em desesperação.
Credo cruz, espia que pavor
Caipora mora na escuridão.
Não se ouve nem um pio
Cadê Zé, cadê João,
Cadê água, cadê rio,
É ano de seca no sertão.
Lá onde a vida se acaba
Vive só quem tem razão.
Vive o bode, vive a cabra
E o maracujá e a cana brava
E o mandacaru e a assombração.
Quéu-quéu chorou
Mata branca em desesperação.
Credo cruz, espia que pavor
Caipora mora na escuridão.
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