Pós-Modernos (Rui Reininho, 1986)

...Depois da V2 DDT PBX
Ketchup K/7 Kleenex Kitchnet Duplex
Twist again colourfull wonderfull
Chegou o T2-T4 com garagem pró P2 turbo sound disco sound discussão?
Video-Club joy stick midi high-tech squash e sauna
Compact D (compre aqui?)...

 Ser Mãe era a aspiração natural de todo o homem moderno [Being a mother was the natural aspiration of every modern man]
ser o melhor é normal para os novos pobres deste colégio [being the best is normal for the new poor of this boarding school]
ter medo é a pulsão fundamental do criador e [to have fear is the fundamental impulse of the creator and]
estar sóbrio é continuar permanecer [to be sober is to continue endure]

 ---E dantes as máquinas estavam sempre a [... And once upon a time the machines were always derailing...]

 Mas com uns pós modernos nada complicados [But with the post-moderns, who do not complicate at all]
sentimo-nos realizados [we are fulfilled]
Ah! Os pós modernos agarram a angústia [oh the postmoderns take anguish]
e fazem dela uma outra indústria [and turn it to an industry]
com os pós modernos nunca ganhamos [with the postmoderns we never win]
mas tambem nada investimos [but we also do not chip in]

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