Happy Birthday, Chico Buarque! (5)

7 songs by Chico Buarque in honor of his 77th birthday on June 19

Cotidiano

Released in 1971, “Cotidiano” (“Daily Life” or “Day to Day”) from the “Construção” album,
may be another hidden protest song or perhaps it’s about someone bored with their life
or perhaps it’s about someone comforted by routine.
Listen to Cotidiano

“Day to Day”
Every day she always does everything the same
She shakes me at six o’clock in the morning
She gives me a punctual smile
And kisses me with her minty mouth

Every day she tells me that I should be careful
And those things that all wives say
She says that she’s expecting me for dinner
And kisses me with her coffee mouth

Every day I just think about being able to stop
Noon all I think about is saying no
Then I think about the life to be had
And I shut up with my mouth full of beans

Six in the evening, as was expected
She goes out and waits for me at the gate
Tells me that she can’t wait to kiss me
And kisses me with her mouth full of passion

Every night she tells me not to go away
Midnight she swears eternal love
And squeezes me so that I almost suffocate
And bites me with her mouth full of fear

Every day she always does everything the same
She shakes me at six o’clock in the morning
She gives me a punctual smile
And kisses me with her minty mouth