Passe-Partout Lyrics in English Bárbara Tinoco

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Passe-Partout by Bárbara Tinoco from Portuguese to English.

No, it'll never work, it's not meant to be, it's over between us, my love

I tried to say, made you see it was near the end

Give me my EPs, the LPs, give me everything I lent you

The Vinícius de Moraes book and The Picture of Dorian Gray

And if any friend wants to know what happened

Tell him I wasn't to blame

I, who showed you the Moon with

I, who showed you life away from the TV

And you laughed at me like

I, who made you question with

We danced with till morning

And you couldn't even become a Piaf fan

Yeah, I can come back, but to pick up my comics collection

My postcards, my bonsais, and Barber's food

And if anyone asks why I disappeared

Say I'm not into weirdos anymore and that I ran away from you

I, who gave myself, and that's not even usual

I, who tried hard, even changed my look

Now I say goodbye to that so banal look

I, who was never much into praying

But even so, I went up onto the altar

I'm not a hottie anymore, no, nor your trophy

Us as a couple, not even in the passe-partout

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Us as a couple, not even in the passe-partout

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Bárbara Tinoco transforms a breakup into a witty checklist of repossession. With a breezy melody she politely asks her ex to return every last thing she lent him—EPs, LPs, comic books, bonsais, even the dog food—while name-dropping cultural icons like Vinícius de Moraes, Oscar Wilde and Édith Piaf. Each item is a souvenir of a love that has expired, and ticking them off feels both cathartic and cheekily bureaucratic.

Amid the playful inventory, the singer reminds us how hard she tried. She showed him the moon, danced till sunrise, changed her look and even climbed “up to the altar”, yet he still laughed at her passions. The refrain “Casal eu e tu, nem no passe-partout” compares their romance to a photo that can’t even fit a simple frame, underlining how mismatched they were. By the final chorus she claims her things, her tastes and her freedom, turning the song into a catchy Portuguese lesson in confidence and self-respect.

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Bárbara Tinoco Passe-Partout Lyrics