Tiro ao Álvaro [English translation]

Of taking so many arrows from your eyes

Of taking so many arrows from your eyes

My chest looks like... you know what?

A shooting target1

There's no room for more holes.

Of taking so many arrows from your eyes

My chest looks like... you know what?

A shooting target

There's no room for more holes.

Your eyes kill more than rifle bullets

Than strychnine poisoning2

Than a Bahiano's3 dagger4

Your eyes kill more than a car crash

They kill more than a gunshot

Of taking so many arrows from your eyes

My chest looks like... you know what?

A shooting target

There's no room for more holes.

Of taking so many arrows from your eyes

My chest looks like... you know what?

A shooting target

There's no room for more holes.

Your eyes kill more than rifle bullets

Than strychnine poisoning

Than a Bahiano's dagger

Your eyes kill more than a car crash

They kill more than a gunshot

1. Álvaro is a persons name. "Tiro ao Álvaro" is a pun with "Tiro ao Alvo" (shooting target).2. Strychnine poisoning produces some of the most dramatic and painful symptoms of any known toxic reaction.3. Bahiano: someone born in the state of Bahia, in Brazil.4. Peixeira: a type of knife initially designed to cut fish, also usable as a weapon. Commonly found in many Brazilian households.

• Artist:Elis Regina
• Album:Vento de Maio