Ouro de Tolo

I should be happy
Because I have a job
I'm a so-called respectable citizen
And I earn four thousand cruzeiros
Per month

I should thank the Lord
For having succeeded
In life as an artist
I should be happy
Because I managed to buy
A 73 Corcel

I should be joyful
And satisfied
For living in Ipanema
After having starved
For two years
Here in the Wonderful City

Ah!
I should be smiling
And proud
For finally succeeding in life
But I find it a big joke
And somewhat dangerous

I should be happy
For having achieved
Everything I wanted
But I confess, dumbfounded
That I am disappointed

Because it was so easy to get
And now I wonder, 'So what?'
I have a lot
Of big things to conquer
And I can't just stand still

I should be happy that the Lord
Granted me Sunday
To go with the family
To the Zoo
To give popcorn to the monkeys

Ah!
But what a boring guy I am
Who doesn't find anything funny
Monkey, beach, car
Newspaper, slide
I find all of this a drag

It's you looking in the mirror
Feeling
A huge idiot
Knowing that you're human
Ridiculous, limited
Who only uses ten percent
Of your animal brain

And you still believe
That you're a doctor
Priest or policeman
That you're contributing
With your part
To our beautiful
Social picture

I'm the one who doesn't sit
On the throne of an apartment
With my mouth wide open
Full of teeth
Waiting for death to come

Because far from the flagpoles
That separate yards
On the calm peak
Of my eye that sees
Sits the sound shadow
Of a flying saucer

Ah!
I'm the one who doesn't sit
On the throne of an apartment
With my mouth wide open
Full of teeth
Waiting for death to come

Because far from the flagpoles
That separate yards
On the calm peak
Of my eye that sees
Sits the sound shadow
Of a flying saucer