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O Peso do Troco

Caitano Velosso
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Caitano Velosso
Acoustic / Folk2:27April 29, 2026
0:00 2:27

Influenced by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, João Gilberto, Milton Nascimento, Dorival Caymmi. Caitano Velosso was raised as an only child in a Salvador apartment filled with his librarian mother's poetry books. A late-bloomer socially, he still finds his truest companions in his two childhood friends and the quiet histories of his coastal city. He pays his rent working as an archivist at the same library his mother once ran. These songs are written on his father's old nylon-string guitar, late at night on his balcony, turning the day's quiet observations into gentle, philosophical Tropicália.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A nota de dois amassada no bolso da calça,
terça-feira, três da tarde, no sol da Calçada.
Um gosto de ferro na boca, um nó no umbigo,
contando os degraus como quem conta um castigo.

[Chorus]
Lia, o peso do troco na mão
é a única safra dessa nossa estação.
A semente que nunca germina no vão,
a herança que cabe na palma da mão.

[Verse 2]
O cheiro de cera do piso de cima,
o eco do riso que o vento aproxima.
'Volte amanhã', o porteiro me disse, sem me olhar,
com a pressa de quem nunca teve que esperar.

[Chorus]
Lia, o peso do troco na mão
é a única safra dessa nossa estação.
A semente que nunca germina no vão,
a herança que cabe na palma da mão.

[Bridge]
E eu junto a poeira que dança no corte da luz,
talvez ela entenda o caminho que a gente traduz.

[Chorus]
Lia, o peso do troco na mão
é a única safra dessa nossa estação...

(pausa)

[Outro]
Dezesseis moedas. Faltavam três.

About Caitano Velosso

Caitano Velosso was raised as an only child in a Salvador apartment filled with his librarian mother's poetry books. A late-bloomer socially, he still finds his truest companions in his two childhood friends and the quiet histories of his coastal city. He pays his rent working as an archivist at the same library his mother once ran. These songs are written on his father's old nylon-string guitar…

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