Lyrics of Yo Quiero Ser Bombero - Alberto Cortez

Yo Quiero Ser Bombero (original)

El padre asegura, será un ingeniero
La madre pretende que sea doctor
Las tías quisieran que fuera banquero
Un hombre de mundo, un gran seductor
La abuela sugiere que aprenda un oficio
Para que la vida se pueda ganar
En tanto el abuelo augura que el niño
Se pondrá las botas, será militar
Desde su galaxia el niño ya sabe
Que cuando sea grande tendrá que ceder
Pero, mientras tanto, él tiene la llave
Del eterno sueño de ser o no ser
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Bombero, bombero, porque es mi voluntad
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Que nadie se meta con mi identidad
El niño es un joven que acepta el legado
Ya le abre sus puertas la universidad
Al cabo de un tiempo es un gran abogado
Y al cabo de un otro, también es papá
El hijo conjuga futuro y pasado
En las opiniones de lo que será
Los padres y abuelos ya lo han programado
Y rueda la rueda y siempre es igual
Desde su galaxia el niño ya sabe
Que cuando sea grande tendrá que aprender
A ser como todos y a tirar la llave
Del eterno sueño de ser o no ser.
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Bombero, bombero, porque es mi voluntad
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Que nadie se meta con mi identidad
Al fin de los tiempos, el niño es un viejo
Sentado a la sombra de su realidad
Y desde la infancia, como en un espejo
Desfilan las cosas que ya no serán
La casa paterna, juguetes y amigos
Y aquel despilfarro de la libertad
Se van poco a poco quedando dormidos
En los largos brazos de la soledad
El viejo se apaga y vuelve a su mente
El niño soñando, con ser o no ser
Cerrando los ojos se va lentamente
Cantando bajito por última vez:
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Bombero, bombero, porque es mi voluntad
Bombero, bombero, yo quiero ser bombero
Que nadie se meta con mi identidad

(translation)

The father assures, he will be an engineer
The mother pretends that he is a doctor
The aunts want him to be a banker
A man of the world, a great seducer
Grandma suggests that she learn a trade
So that life can be won
While the grandfather predicts that the child
He will put on the boots, he will be military
From his galaxy of him the child already knows
That when he grows up he will have to give in
But meanwhile he has the key
Of the eternal dream of being or not being
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Firefighter, firefighter, because it is my will
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Nobody mess with my identity
The child is a young man who accepts the legacy
He already opens its doors to the university
After a while he's a great lawyer
And after another, he is also a father
The son conjugates future and past
In the opinions of what he will be
Parents and grandparents have already programmed it
And he rolls the wheel and it's always the same
From his galaxy of him the child already knows
That when he grows up he will have to learn
To be like everyone and to throw away the key
Of the eternal dream of being or not being.
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Firefighter, firefighter, because it is my will
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Nobody mess with my identity
At the end of time, the child is an old man
Sitting in the shadow of your reality
And from childhood, like in a mirror
Parade the things that will no longer be
The father's house, toys and friends
And that waste of freedom
They gradually fall asleep
In the long arms of loneliness
The old man goes out and returns to his mind
The child dreaming, to be or not to be
Closing his eyes he slowly leaves
Singing softly for the last time:
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Firefighter, firefighter, because it is my will
Firefighter, firefighter, I want to be a firefighter
Nobody mess with my identity