Só o Chico Pode

We met
During college
The world is so colorful at twenty years old
We were dating
Holding hands in the park
Talking about anthropology listening to Chico Buarque

I was writing a poem
Discussing Iranian cinema
It was my plan to seem so cultured
Little did you know I was just guessing

The truth is that I
Am really lousy
I easily trade a poetry gathering for a samba circle

If I try to write you a poem
It becomes a problem
I'm not a poet, I'm not an artist
I try to be like Chico and end up like Amado Batista

Only Chico does, only Chico can
If I write a line
Similar to theirs
My head explodes

Only Chico does, only Chico can
Looking closely at the proparoxytones
He screws me

Sordid, decrepit, fearless, topographer
Bigamous, congenital, arsenic, sulfuric
Tantric, caloric, morphetic, ecumenical
Pathetic musician, stupid chalice

The truth is that I
Am really lousy
I easily trade a poetry gathering for a samba circle

If I try to write you a poem
It becomes a problem
I'm not a poet, I'm not an artist
I try to be like Chico and end up like Amado Batista

Only Chico does, only Chico can
If I write a line
Similar to theirs
My head explodes

Only Chico does, only Chico can
Looking closely at the proparoxytones
He screws me