Caudillo

Leader

Caudillo

He started making pamphlets with popular slogansEmpezó haciendo panfletos con consignas populares
A sign: homeland or death; on the wall and Che GuevaraUn letrero: patria o muerte; en la pared y el Che Guevara
He defended the capital of Charles Marx with colossal argumentsDefendía el capital de carlos marx con argumentos colosales
That's how I met him years ago at eighteenAsí lo conocí años atrás a los dieciocho

Enemy of the radio and the song with a chorusEnemigo de la radio y la canción con estribillo
The environment helped him to gain so much resentmentEl entorno le ayudaba pa' engordar tantos rencores
He did not miss the opportunity to assert his arguments as a leaderNo perdía la ocasión pa' hacer valer sus argumentos de caudillo
And the future loomed with surprises around the cornerY el futuro se asomaba con sorpresas tras la esquina

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Tattoo what you promise on your skinTatuate en la piel lo que prometas
That time can make you a mercenaryQue el tiempo puede hacerte un mercenario
And be just another false prophetY ser tan solo otro falso profeta

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From revolution to greedDe la revolución a la avaricia
There's just a couple of steps in the gapHay solo un par de pasos en la brecha
Be careful and you will slip because it is easyCuidado y te resbalas por lo fácil

He graduated as a lawyer in April and is in the processSe graduó de abogado un abril y en proceso
The ideals began to suffer from rheumatism and ailmentsLos ideales empezaron a sufrir reumas y achaques
Recruited into a liberal party, he was a deputy in congress.Reclutado en un partido liberal fue diputado en el congreso
His oratory became an expert in lying and debateSu oratoria se hizo experta en la mentira y en el debate

I saw him doing graffiti "homeland or death" wherever he wantedYo lo vi haciendo grafitis "patria o muerte" donde quiera
I was the skinny one with the guitar, I don't know if you rememberYo era el flaco con guitarra no se bien si se recuerde
He looks strange with a Ferragamo tie and Louis Vuitton in his bagSe ve raro con corbata ferragamo y louis vuitton en la cartera
How easily ideals adapt to a whimQue fácil se acomodan los ideales a capricho

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Today you whistle the songs on the radioHoy silbas las canciones de la radio
Che is no longer the photo in your castleEl che ya no es la foto en tu castillo
Today you are yourself the mercenaryHoy eres de ti mismo el mercenario

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You forgot to tattoo your promisesSe te olvido tatuarte las promesas
Where did the supportive boy go?A donde fue el muchacho solidario
What divided the bread that was on his table?¿Que dividía el pan que hubo en su mesa?

There is a demonstration in front of the government palaceHay manifestación frente al palacio de gobierno
The guy on the presidential balconyEl tipo en el balcón presidencial
He looks like that boySe le parece a aquel muchaho