Admirável Gado Novo

Oh, ox!
You who are part of this mass
That goes through the projects of the future
It's hard to have to walk so much
And give much more than receive

And have to show your courage
On the sidelines of what may seem
And see that all this machinery
Is already feeling the rust eating it

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Outside, the weather is comfortable
Surveillance takes care of the normal
Cars hear the news
Men publish it in the newspaper

And they run through the early morning
The only old age that has come
They linger on the roadside
And start to count what's left!
It's Brazil!

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Oh, ox
The people flee from ignorance
Despite living so close to it
And dream of better times gone by
They contemplate this life in a cell

They hope for a new possibility
To see this world come to an end
Noah's Ark, the airship
Don't fly, nor can they float

Don't fly, nor can they float
Don't fly, nor can they float

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, hey!
Happy people!

Happy, happy, happy
Oh, ox, oh, ox, hey, ox