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song by

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and recorded in 1983, written by

himself and by the journalist and writer Nelson Motta especially to the soundtrack of the movie '' Garota Dourada'', by

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. The song has been very much executed all over the country in the beginning of the 80s and it is still sung in the shows of the singer.

Inspiration

According to Nelson Motta, who considers the song a ''modern

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'', the lyrics would be inspired in Jorge Luis Borges and the book ''

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'', of the German philosopher

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, and reflected the personal condition lived by Nelson with his zen philosophy at that time (when Motta himself was the owner of a notorious nightclub, ''

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'', placed in the mount

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Inspiration

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