In the failure inn
where there isn't comfort nor lift,
helplessness and moisture
share their mattress,
and when by the street,
life passes as a hurricane,
the grey suit man
comes out a dirty calendar
from his pocket and he shout:
Who has stolen me the month of April?
How might happen to me that?
Who has stolen me the month of April?
I kept it in the drawer where I am keeping my heart.
The BUP* girl failed in most of subjects
in that course that that boy
makes pregnant her.
And when at the blackboard
the Latin teacher takes attendance,
tears of lovelessness
rolling by the pages from a notebook,
and he writes:
Who ....
The mother's husband
went out on the last train
with a hairdresser,
twenty years less old.
And when they show those
**instamatic laughs in Paris,
defeated on an armchair
my old mother***withers
watching Falcon Crest****
and she thinks:
Who...Lyrics
*BUP is the old acronym of High school stage in Spain
**instamatic is a trade mark of cameras
***mi vieja means my old mother in slang
****Falcon Crest is an American soap opera.
In the failure inn(1)
ReplyDeletewhere there isn't comfort nor lift,
helplessness and moisture
share their mattress,
and when IN THE street,
life passes LIKE a hurricane,
the grey suitED man
PULLS out a dirty calendar
from his pocket and he shoutS:
Who has stolen FROM me the month of April?
How COULD THAT happen to me?
Who has stolen FROM me the month of April?
I kept it in the drawer where I am keeping my heart.
The BUP* girl failed in most of THE/HER subjects
in that course that that boy
maDe HER pregnant.
And when at the blackboard
the Latin teacher takes attendance,
tears of lovelessness
rolling THROUGH the pages OF a notebook,
and he writes:
Who ....
MY mother's husband
went out on the last train
with a hairdresser,
twenty years YOUNGER.
And when they show those
**instamatic laughs in Paris,
defeated on an armchair
my old LADY(2) withers
watching Falcon Crest
and she thinks:
Who...
Well done.
(1) This reminds me of Elvis's "Heartbreak Hotel". In fact, you have me humming it now.
(2) "My old lady" is the equivalent of "mi vieja". We also have "my old man".
You must know that "my viejo/a" sounds a little rude but it can sound well if it is said with feeling, so you must be careful. this expression is very used by teenagers.
ReplyDeleteI would say the same for "my old man/lady". I have never used those expressions.
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