PANIS ET CIRCENSIS by Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso/OS MUTANTES, new words by Joel Sattler
aka PANIS ET CIRCENCIS
New title: "Live Free or Die"
Sing what you want
Don't let nobody stop you
Do what you want
Don't let them try to stop you
Try what you want
You got to fight to free you
Free what you want
You got a right to be you
Be what you want
Don't live your life in chains live free
Or die
Want what you want
You got a right to want to
Feel what you want
Nobody can say not to
Laugh when you want
No one can tell you not to
Have what you want
Be happy when you want to
Be what you want
Don't live your life in chains live free
Or die
Monday find out
The person that you are and
Tuesday find out
Inside just how you are and
Wednesday find out
How far you will go far and
Thursday find out
Just find out who you are and -
Sing what you want
Don't let nobody stop you
Do what you want
You got to fight to free you
Free what you want
You got a right to be you
Be what you want
Don't live your life in chains live free
Or die
Live free or die
Accept no substitution
Live free or die
There is no third solution
Live free or die
Death is not the worst of evils
Live free or die
Accept no substitution
Live free or die
There is no third solution
Live free or die
Death is not the worst of evils
Live free or die
Accept no substitution
Live free or die
There is no third solution
Live free or die
Death is not the worst of evils
Live free or die
Accept no substitution
Live free or die
Etc.
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Original lyrics in Portuguese by Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso
Eu quis cantar
Minha canção iluminada de sol
Soltei os panos
Sobre os mastros no ar
Soltei os tigres
E leões nos quintais
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer...
Mandei fazer
De puro aço luminoso punhal
Para matar o meu amor e matei
Às 5 horas na Avenida Central
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer..
Mandei plantar
Folhas de sonho no jardim do solar
As folhas sabem procurar pelo sol
E as raízes, procurar, procurar...
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer...
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer...
My version is based on a recording by OS MUTANTES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYibDbcb4yI
Note: The title is, of course, the motto of the State of New Hampshire,
And is from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809:
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils "
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