| Gobiernos que buscan la guerra
| Governments seeking war
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| En vez de luchar por la paz
| Instead of fighting for peace
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| Que miran los ninios que mueren
| What do the children who die look at?
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| Por falta de agua y de pan
| Due to lack of water and bread
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| Porque no ayudar a los pobres
| Why not help the poor
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| A aquel que le falta un hogar
| To the one who lacks a home
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| No derrochar en las armas
| Don't splurge on weapons
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| Que acaban con la humanidad
| that end humanity
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| Perdonen mi canto
| forgive my singing
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| Pero esque se fueron tanto
| But it's because they left so much
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| Y no los vi regresar
| And I didn't see them return
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| Quedaron en esa guerra
| They stayed in that war
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| Pero jamas se enteraron
| But they never found out
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| Porque fueron a luchar
| because they went to fight
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| Perdonen mi canto
| forgive my singing
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| Pero esque he deseado tanto
| But I have wanted so much
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| Que permanezca la paz
| May the peace remain
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| Que lastima que mi canto
| What a pity that my singing
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| No tenga la misma fuerza
| do not have the same strength
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| La de una bomba nuclear
| That of a nuclear bomb
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| A los que inventan las armas
| To those who invent weapons
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| Yo lo quisiera saber
| I would like to know
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| Porque no inventan que el tiempo
| Why don't they invent that time
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| No nos arrugue la piel
| Don't wrinkle our skin
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| Con sus inventos tan locos
| With his crazy inventions
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| Que hicieron para matar
| what did they do to kill
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| La tierra ya no produce
| The earth no longer produces
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| Se contamina el mar
| the sea is polluted
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| Perdonen mi canto
| forgive my singing
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| Pero esque se fueron tantos
| But so many left
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| Y no los vi regresar
| And I didn't see them return
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| Quedaron en esa guerra
| They stayed in that war
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| Pero jamas se enteraron
| But they never found out
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| Por que fueron a luchar
| Why did they go to fight?
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| Perdonen mi canto
| forgive my singing
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| Pero esque he deseado tanto
| But I have wanted so much
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| Que permanezca la paz
| May the peace remain
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| Que lastima que mi canto
| What a pity that my singing
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| No tenga la misma fuerza
| do not have the same strength
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| La de una bomba nuclear | That of a nuclear bomb |