Balada Para Um Louco

One of these days or, one of these nights
You walk through your street or, through your city or
Or, I don't know, through your life, when suddenly
From behind a tree, I appear

Rare blend of the penultimate beggar
And the first astronaut to set foot on Venus
Half a watermelon on my head, a thick half sole on each foot
The flowers on the shirt drawn on my own skin
And a free taxi flag in each hand

Ah! Ah! Ah! You laugh, you laugh because only now you see me
But I flirt with the mannequins
The corner traffic light shows me three celestial lights
And the florist's roses are in love with me, I swear
Come, come, let's take a walk and like this, half dancing, almost flying I
Offer you a flag and tell you

I know I'm not anymore, it's passed, it's gone
The Moon is waiting for us on this street, just try
And a chorus of astronauts, angels, and children
Dancing around me, calling you
Come fly

I know I'm not anymore, it's passed, it's gone
I come from the sidewalks that time didn't keep
And seeing you so sad, I ask you: What do you lack?
Maybe reaching the Sun, because I will take you

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Madman, madman, madman! That's what they told me
When I said I loved you
But I sailed the pure waters of your eyes
And with verses so ancient, I broke your heart

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Madman, madman, madman, madman, madman! Like a crazy acrobat I will jump
Into the abyss of your kiss until I feel
That I drove your heart crazy, and so free, I will cry

Come fly with me my dear
Enter my super-sport illusion
Let's run on the rooftops with a swallow in the engine
Ah! Ah! Ah!
From Vietnam they applaud us: Long live! Long live the madmen who invented love!
And an angel, a soldier, and a child repeat the circle
That I have already forgotten
Come, I offer you the crowd, faces shining, smiles playing
Who am I? I don't know, a fool, a saint, or a half-voiced song

I know I'm not anymore, I don't know who I am
Embrace this tenderness of a madman within me
Melt with your kiss the pain of living
Anxieties, never again! To fly, finally, to fly

Love me as I am, it's passed, it's gone
Bury your loves, let's run away, seek
In a crazy race the moment that passed
In search of what was, to fly, finally, to fly

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Long live! Long live the madmen
Long live! Long live the madmen who invented love!
Long live! Long live! Long live!