Translation of the song lyrics Me Cambiaron Las Preguntas - Gilberto Santa Rosa, Rubén Blades

Me Cambiaron Las Preguntas (original)

Me enseñaron cuando niño que la vida, hay que era un tren
Con gente que sube y baja y se lleva bien
Todos juntitos como buenos hermanos
Siempre felices
Pero el tren de nuestra infancia se perdió por otra vía
Parece que en su lugar, nos tocó un tranvía
Donde al subir, compai, y hasta les cuento
Nos roban la cartera sin movernos del asiento
Cuando me aprendí todas las respuestas, me cambiaron todas las preguntas
Cuando me aprendí todas las respuestas, me cambiaron todas las preguntas
A este mundo complicado, no voy a entenderlo nunca
Mi abuelita me contaba lo bonito que es soñar
Que jamás tú tienes, que despertar
Todo es posible si te portas bien, te llevan a Disney
Pero del sueño que ella hablaba desperté con pesadilla
Donde el ratón de Disney, era una ardilla
Así es la vida y no me voy a quejar
Después que haya salud, que importa lo demás
Cuando me aprendí todas las respuestas, me cambiaron todas las preguntas
Cuando me aprendí todas las respuestas, me cambiaron todas las preguntas
A este mundo complicado, no voy a entenderlo nunca
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se si tu, yo no se si que
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Están construyendo un muro, contra el indocumentado
Y para la mano de obra (dilo Rubén) ilegales contrataron
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se que cosa es
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Pa' la paz, hacen la guerra
No lo puedo comprender
Si la guerra contra el hambre, Rubén
Esa es la guerra que tienen que hacer
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
En casa de Eligia Elena
Se le desmayó la abuela
Porque en medio de la sala
Había un cuadro de Mandela
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Óyeme bien
Acá en los países nuestros disque se acabó el machismo
Y aunque la mujer trabaja igual que el hombre
Nunca se gana lo mismo
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se que cosa es
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Yo no se, no se decirte como fue
Hay un negro presidente en los Estados Unidos
Y a pesar de que el progreso es evidente
Todavía estamos jodidos
Instrumental
Hay Gilbertito
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Esto se pondrá peor, crisis en la economía
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Pero el centro comercial, ese si no se vacía
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
En vida Mausetu Chinadera comunista
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Hoy día tienen más plata que los capitalistas
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Piden salsa de verdad con salseros de la habana
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Pero la van a arruinar si compran discos piratas
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Le tiraron a los bancos plata cuan si fuera soga
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
Pero al pueblo hipotecado abandonado que hace ahora
Yo no se si soy yo, o el mundo que esta al revés
No se sabe donde vamos no se sabe que hora es
Yo no se si soy yo, yo no se si soy yo, yo no se si soy yo
Gracias Gilbertito, camínalo Rubén
Un saludo para doña Gertrudis

Me Cambiaron Las Preguntas (translation)

They taught me when I was a child that life was a train
With people who go up and down and get along
All together like good brothers
Always happy
But the train of our childhood was lost on another track
It seems that instead, we got a tram
Where when you go up, compai, and I even tell you
They steal our wallet without leaving our seat
When I learned all the answers, they changed all the questions
When I learned all the answers, they changed all the questions
To this complicated world, I will never understand
My grandmother used to tell me how beautiful it is to dream
That you never have to wake up
Everything is possible if you behave well, they take you to Disney
But from the dream that she spoke I woke up with a nightmare
Where the Disney mouse was a squirrel
That's life and I'm not going to complain
After there is health, what else matters
When I learned all the answers, they changed all the questions
When I learned all the answers, they changed all the questions
To this complicated world, I will never understand
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know if you, I don't know if what
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
They are building a wall, against the undocumented
And for the illegal labor (say Rubén), they hired
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know what it is
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
For peace, they make war
I can't understand it
If the war against hunger, Rubén
That's the war they have to make
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
At Eligia Elena's house
Grandma fainted
Because in the middle of the room
There was a painting of Mandela
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
listen to me well
Here in our countries where machismo is over
And although the woman works the same as the man
You never earn the same
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know what it is
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
I don't know, I don't know how to tell you how it was
There is a black president in the United States
And though progress is evident
we're still screwed
Instrumental
There is Gilbertito
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
This will get worse, crisis in the economy
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
But the mall, that if it doesn't empty
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
In life Mausetu Chinadera communist
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
Today they have more money than the capitalists
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
They ask for real sauce with salseros from Havana
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
But they will ruin it if they buy pirated records
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
They threw money at the banks as if it were a rope
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
But to the abandoned mortgaged town what does it do now
I don't know if it's me, or the world that is upside down
It is not known where we are going, it is not known what time it is
I don't know if it's me, I don't know if it's me, I don't know if it's me
Thank you Gilbertito, walk it Rubén
Greetings to Doña Gertrudis