Lyrics from “Panis et Circenses” (Bread and Circus) by Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso with Os Mutantes; arrangement and sound by Rogério Duprat
Album: Tropicalia: ou Panis et Circensis(1968) & Os Mutantes (1968)
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I wanted to sing my song, illuminated by the sun
I unfurled the sails on the masts in the air
I set free the tigers and the lions in backyards
But the people in the dining room
Are busy being born and dying
I ordered that a knife be made, of pure shiny steel
To kill my love, and I killed…
At 5 o’clock, on the Central Avenue
But the people in the dining room
Are busy being born and dying
I ordered planted
Leaves of dreams in the garden
The leaves know how to seek the sun
And the roots, to seek, to seek
But the people in the dining room
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