Trem de Doido

Crazy Man's Train
by Lô Borges & Márcio Borges
on Clube da Esquina Vol. I (1972)



Continuing on the theme of trippy lyric-ed songs with train images... From the same album as the previous. I'm guessing Márcio Borges is Lô's brother, but I've never heard his name before right now. I feel like this song is about leaving home, perhaps Lô leaving behind Márcio? Leaving home is a big theme in Brazilian music generally, in particular for those artists from smaller cities or the interior. In fact, the next song on this album is titled "Nothing Will Be The Same" and starts, "I already have one foot in the road. Someday we'll see each other again." And now that I think about it there are a few others on this album that deal with the theme as well, so there you go.

LYRICS

Noite azul, pedra e chão
amigos num hotel
muito além do céu
nada a temer, nada a conquistar
depois que este trem começa andar, andar
deixando pelo chão os ratos mortos na praça
do mercado

Blue night, stone and ground
friends in a hotel
so far from heaven
nothing to fear, nothing to conquer
once this train starts going, going
leaving the dead rats on the ground
in the market square

Quero estar onde estão
os sonhos desse hotel
muito além do céu
nada a temer, nada a combinar
na hora de ahcar o meu lugar no trem
e não sentir pavor dos ratos soltos na praça
minha casa

I want to be where they are
the dreams of that hotel
so far from heaven
nothing to fear, nothing to figure out
when it's time to find my seat on the train
and stop dreading the rats loose in the square
my house

Não precisa ir muito além dessa estrada
os ratos não sabem morrer na calçada
é hora de você achar o trem
e não sentir pavor dos ratos soltos na casa
sua casa

You don't need to go real far from that road
the rats don't know how to die on the sidewalk
it's time for you to catch the train
and stop dreading the rats loose in the house
your house.