| Despues de un buen rato de esperar
| After a long time of waiting
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| que desea usted señor
| what do you want sir
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| que voy a querer pense
| what am I going to want I thought
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| una mesa cerca del balcón
| a table near the balcony
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| solo se puede pasar
| can only pass
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| si va ud a comer
| if you are going to eat
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| pobre camarero en realidad
| poor waiter actually
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| su reflejo ve mi piel
| her reflection of her sees my skin
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| y pierdo valor
| and I lose value
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| Es la vieja historia de este mundo colonial:
| It is the old story of this colonial world:
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| siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy
| follow you pattern that I serve you today
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| Y asi van tantos años
| And so many years go by
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| y asi tanta mediocridad
| and so much mediocrity
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| haciendo nuestras vidas al modelo confundido
| making our lives to the confused model
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| de una europa que aqui nunca pudo ser.
| of a Europe that could never be here.
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh La fibra del corazón
| It's a matter of wood oh oh The fiber of the heart
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| de las ganas en los huesos por seguir
| of the desire in the bones to continue
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh oh oh siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy
| It's a matter of wood oh oh oh oh follow your pattern that I serve you today
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| No puedo ni quiero convencer
| I cannot and do not want to convince
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| al camarero de que diablos soy
| to the waiter what the hell am I
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| me parezco tanto a el nunca va a entender nunca va a comprender
| I look so much like him he will never understand he will never understand
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| que su sangre es del color
| that his blood is the color
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| de un nuevo amanecer
| of a new dawn
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| Y asi van tantos años
| And so many years go by
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| y asi tanta mediocridad
| and so much mediocrity
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| haciendo nuestras vidas al modelo confundido
| making our lives to the confused model
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| de una europa que aqui nunca pudo ser
| of a Europe that could never be here
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh No se puede negociar
| It's a matter of wood oh oh It can't be negotiated
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| más que estilo es solo ser lo que se es Es cuestion de madera oh oh oh oh siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy
| more than style is just being what you are It's a matter of wood oh oh oh oh follow your pattern that I serve you today
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh La fibra del corazón
| It's a matter of wood oh oh The fiber of the heart
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| de las ganas en los huesos por seguir
| of the desire in the bones to continue
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh oh oh siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy
| It's a matter of wood oh oh oh oh follow your pattern that I serve you today
|
| Y asi van tantos años
| And so many years go by
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| y asi tanta mediocridad
| and so much mediocrity
|
| haciendo nuestras vidas al modelo confundido
| making our lives to the confused model
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| de una europa que aqui nunca pudo ser
| of a Europe that could never be here
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh La fibra del corazón
| It's a matter of wood oh oh The fiber of the heart
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| de las ganas en los huesos por seguir
| of the desire in the bones to continue
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh oh oh siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy
| It's a matter of wood oh oh oh oh follow your pattern that I serve you today
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| Es cuestion de madera oh oh No se puede negociar
| It's a matter of wood oh oh It can't be negotiated
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| más que estilo es solo ser lo que se es Es cuestion de madera oh oh oh oh siga ud patrón que le sirvo hoy | more than style is just being what you are It's a matter of wood oh oh oh oh follow your pattern that I serve you today |