Milton Nascimento — Nos Bailes Da Vida song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Nos Bailes Da Vida" by Milton Nascimento.
Lyrics
Foi nos bailes da vida
Ou num bar em troca de pão
Que muita gente boa pôs o pé na profissão
De tocar um instrumento e de cantar
Não importando se quem pagou quis ouvir
Foi assim
Cantar era buscar
O caminho que vai dar no sol
Tenho comigo as lembranças do que eu era
Para cantar nada era longe e tudo tão bom
Até a estrada de terra
Na boléia de caminhão
Era assim
Com a roupa encharcada
A alma repleta de chão
Todo artista tem de ir Aonde o povo está
Se foi assim, assim será
Cantando me desfaço
E não me canso de viver
Nem de cantar
Lyrics translation
It was in the balls of life
Or a bar in exchange for bread
That many good people set foot in the profession
Playing an instrument and singing
No matter who paid wanted to hear
It was like this
Singing was to seek
The path that will give in the sun
I have with me the memories of what I was
To sing Nothing was far away and all so good
To the dirt road
In the truck ride
It was like this
With soaked clothes
The soul filled with ground
Every artist has to go where the people are
If so, so it will be
Singing me undone
And I don't get tired of living
No singing