Cotidiano [English translation]

Every day she does the same thing

She shakes me at 6 in the morning

She smiles at me on time

And kisses me with a hint of mint.

Every day she tells me to take care of myself

And all the things that women say

She says she’ll be waiting for me with dinner

And kisses me with a hint coffee

Everyday all I think about is being able to stop

Midday: all I think about is being able to say no

Then I think about the life I have to live

And I stop myself with my mouth full of beans

Six in the evening: as one expects

She’s waiting for me by the gate

She says she’s crazy to kiss me.

And she kisses me with a mouth of passion.

Every night she tells me not to be distant

Midnight: she swears eternal love

And squeezes me so that I almost suffocate

And she bites me with a mouth of horror.

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Construção (1971)