A Garagem da Vizinha

"A Garagem da Vizinha" (The Neighbour's Garage) is one of Quim Barreiros' biggest hits. He is also known for hits such as "A Cabritinha" (The Little Goat) about a man who enjoyed sucking his little goat's tits and "Mariazinha", when he asked this woman, "Maria" (or Mary), to let him go to the kitchen to smell her "codfish"... most of his songs are full of ambiguous words, often filled with an obvious sexual connotation, very notable in this song.

Mr. Barreiros enjoys a cult-like following among college students and performs each year in some reputed universities of Portugal.

The song begins with the words "A minha vizinha é boa, da garagem vou cuidar", literally "My neighbour is so good, I'll take care of her garage". "Vizinha" is the feminine form of "vizinho", so all the song is about his female neighbour. In Portuguese, the adjective "boa" (masculine: "bom") has various meanings, and it can be translated not only as "good", "kind", but also as "hot",or "sexy".

Here are the lyrics of the chorus and translation:

"Ponho o carro, tiro o carro, à hora que eu quiser

Que garagem apertadinha, que doçura de mulher

Tiro cedo e ponho à noite, e às vezes à tardinha

Estou até mudando o óleo na garagem da vizinha!"

"I put my car, I take my car, anytime I want to

What a tight little garage, what a sweet woman

Take it early and put it at night, and sometimes in the evening

I'm even changing the oil in the neighbour's garage!"

Garagem da Vizinha - neighbour's garage by Quim Barreiros (lyrics)

Back in the street where I live I knew a neighbour
Separated from the husband she's living alone
Besides she's pretty, she's goodness well
Seeing my car in rain she offered her garage

she said nobody used it since he left me
Inside my garage spider webs have grown
Put your car inside else it will rust
The garage is used but your car is going to like it

I put the car, I take the car, at the time i want
Such a tight garage, such sweetness of a woman
I take it early and put it at night, and sometimes in the afternoon
I'm even changing the oil in my neighbour's garage

But my power car has a pretty (those things attached to the car for extra stuff)
That I use to sell coconut and to earn a bit more
The garage is small, what am I going to do now?
My car stays inside, and the coconuts stay out.

My neighbour is good, i'll take care of the garage
In the door, weeds have grown, I found a way to cut it out
My neighbour's goodness is a thing of another world (unbelievable)
When i don't use the front i use back the garage

I put the car, I take the car, at the time i want
Such a tight garage, such sweetness of a woman
I take it early and put it at night, and sometimes in the afternoon
I'm even changing the oil in my neighbour's garage

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*Pimba