What good is a weekend without a catchy song to play?
For your listening (and watching!) pleasure, I submit Brazil, by Declan McKenna. For you Gen X’ers and Boomers who haven’t heard of him, he’s a British singer who penned this song in 2015 to protest the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. That’s why you’ll hear references to “the beautiful game”.
Most importantly, the song is an earworm and you’ll be humming the refrain all weekend long. The lyrics are below if you want to follow along. I saw that there were two “official” videos on YouTube, so I posted both of them , but the top one is more visually engaging.
With that, please enjoy Brazil, written and performed by Declan McKenna.
Brazil Lyrics
Written by: Declan McKenna
I heard you sold the Amazon
To show the country that you’re from
Is where the world should want to be
For a fine something all people need
I’m faithless now
Though we win every time and I don’t know how
‘Cause I haven’t bought you and I haven’t sold me
But the people are dying to get on TV
I heard he lives down a river somewhere
With six cars and a grizzly bear
He’s got eyes, but he can’t see
Well he talks like an angel, but he looks like me
Oh, Lord!
What have I become?
I’m the face of God, I’m my father’s son
I’m not what you think you see
I know you can’t eat leather, but you can’t stop me
Why would you lie, why would you lie about how you feel?
I’ve got a mission and my mission is real
Because you’ve had your chances, yeah you’ve had enough
I’m gonna burn your house down to spread peace and love
And it gets me down
Oh, Lord, how it gets me down
I heard he lives down a river somewhere
With six cars and a grizzly bear
He’s got eyes, but he can’t see
Well he talks like an angel, but he looks like me
Oh, Lord!
I wanna play the beautiful game while I’m in Brazil
‘Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
And it’s all you’ve ever wanted, and it’s all that you want still
Don’t you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
I wanna play the beautiful game while I’m in Brazil
‘Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
And it’s all you’ve ever wanted, and it’s all that you want still
Don’t you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
I heard he lives down a river somewhere
With six cars and a grizzly bear
He’s got eyes, but he can’t see
Well he talks like an angel, but he looks like me
I heard he lives down a river somewhere
With six cars and a grizzly bear
He’s got eyes, but he can’t see
Well he talks like an angel, but he looks like me
