Lyrics of O Circo - Rita Lee, Roberto De Carvalho

O Circo (original)

Era uma vez um palhaço
Que andava sempre chorando
Por causa da bailarina
Que namorava o trapezista
Nem de pierrot nem de arlequim
Ela não via graça nele
Que se trancava no camarim
Até o circo acordar
Dentro do globo da morte
Alguém arrisca a vida
Por um minuto de glória
Pra esquecer toda tristeza
O engolidor de espadas quer
Arrepiar todo cabelo
E a obediência dos animais
Faz a platéia dizer ooh!
Um dia a mulher barbada
Que era gamada no domador
Chamou o mágico e disse faça:
Abracadabra pra virar amor
Mas nem sempre é possível ter
Um final feliz pra animar
E lá no mio do picadeiro
O show não pode parar

(translation)

There once was a clown
who was always crying
Because of the dancer
Who was dating the trapeze artist
Neither from pierrot nor from harlequin
She didn't see the fun in him
Who locked himself in the dressing room
Until the circus wakes up
Inside the globe of death
Someone risks their life
For a minute of glory
To forget all sadness
The sword swallower wants
make all hair stand on end
And the obedience of animals
Makes the audience say ooh!
One day the bearded woman
That was smitten in the tamer
She called the magician and said do it:
Abracadabra to become love
But it is not always possible to have
A happy ending to cheer up
And there in the mio of the arena
The show can not stop