Coquivacoa

Coquivacoa

Coquivacoa

Stop! Cousin the canoe¡Pare! Primo la canoa
It seems to me that it criesQue me parece que llora
The little Chinese girl over there on the shoreLa chinita allá en la orilla
It's not a nightmareQue no es una pesadilla
Awake you can seeDespierto tú puedes ver
That it's usQue somos nosotros
Who are killing it, yesLos que lo están matando, si

What a mess, cousinQue molleja primo
So crystal clear it wasTan cristalino que estaba
The lake yesterdayEl lago ayer
It's not a stilt house that's killingNo es palafito lo que está matando
Everything in itTodo lo que hay en él

Stop! Cousin the canoe¡Pare! Primo la canoa
It seems to me that it criesQue me parece que llora
The fisherman over there on the shoreEl pescador allá en la orilla
If they kill his onionSi le matan la cebilla
That life will give himQue la vida le dará
There are no flowers on the bankNo hay flores en la ribera
Only dead fish thereSolo peces muertos hay

What a mess, cousinQue molleja primo
So crystal clear it wasTan cristalino que estaba
The lake yesterdayEl lago ayer
It's not a stilt house that's killingNo es palafito lo que está matando
Everything in itTodo lo que hay en él

The guitar in love with ArmandoLa guitarra enamorada de armando
Crying for his coconut treeLlorando su cocotero
When the lake turned black in the coveCuando en la rada se puso negro el lago
While the sky was still blueEstando azulito el cielo

Innocence doesn't kill the townLa inocencia no mata al pueblo
But it doesn't save it eitherPero tampoco lo salva
What will save it is its conscienceLo salvará su conciencia
And that's what I bet my soul onY en eso me apuesto el alma

Stop! Cousin the canoe¡Pare! Primo la canoa
It seems to me that it criesQue me parece que llora
The little Chinese girl over there on the shoreLa chinita allá en la orilla
It's not a nightmareQue no es una pesadilla
Awake you can seeDespierto tu puedes ver
That it's usQue somos nosotros
Who are killing it, yesLos que lo están matando, si

What a mess, cousinQue molleja primo
So crystal clear it wasTan cristalino que estaba
The lake yesterdayEl lago ayer
It's not a stilt house that's killingNo es palafito lo que esta matando
Everything in itTodo lo que hay en él

The guitar in love with ArmandoLa guitarra enamorada de armando
Crying for his coconut treeLlorando su cocotero
When the lake turned black in the coveCuando en la rada se puso negro el lago
While the sky was still blueEstando azulito el cielo

Innocence doesn't kill the townLa inocencia no mata al pueblo
But it doesn't save it eitherPero tampoco lo salva
What will save it is its conscienceLo salvara su conciencia
And that's what I bet my soul onY en eso me apuesto el alma

Stop! Cousin the canoe¡Pare! Primo la canoa
It seems to me that it criesQue me parece que llora
The fisherman over there on the shoreEl pescador allá en la orilla
If they kill his onionSi le matan la cebilla
That life will give himQue la vida le dará
There are no flowers on the bankNo hay flores en la ribera
Only dead fish thereSolo peces muertos hay

What a mess, cousinQue molleja primo
So crystal clear it wasTan cristalino que estaba
The lake yesterdayEl lago ayer
It's not a stilt house that's killingNo es palafito lo que esta matando
Everything in itTodo lo que hay en él