Abarroteria de Amor

Love Grocery Store

Abarroteria de Amor

The mystery was thereEl misterio esaba alli
In that brick-colored houseEn aquella casa color ladrillo
A red beacon at the doorUn faro rojo en la puerta
And a yellow signY un letrero amarillo

It was a love grocery storeEra una abarroteria de amor
Some bills to taste the flavorUnos billetes para conocer el sabor
Of a shared bedDe una cama compartida
With nameless ladiesCon damas sin nombre

With the ghost of virginityCon el fantasma de la virginidad
Savings lost dignityEl ahorro perdio la dignidad
I broke the piggy bankRompi la alcancia
Knocked on the door and enteredToque la puerta y entre

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-lawNo hubo celos ni suegras
I didn't have to invite them to the moviesNi tuve que invitarlas al cine
There were no scenes with brothers-in-lawNo hubo escenas in cuñados
And less a damn lawyerY menos un maldito abogado
It was all democracyEra todo democracia
There was no age or social classesNo habia edad ni clases sociales
If you met the feeSi cumplias con la tarifa
You had your little piece of heavenTenias tu pedacito de cielo
Four kisses, half a kilo of loveCuatro besos, medio kilo de amor
Two hugs and a liter of sweatDos abrazos y un litro de sudor
A love grocery storeUna abarroteria de amor

There I found my school teacherAlli encontre a mi maestro de escuela
A gynecologist and an intellectualA un ginecologo y a un intelectual
Three drunk singer-songwritersA tres cantautores borrachos
And a governorY a un gobernador

Don't get nervous, she said to meNo te pongas nervioso me dijo
A girl dressed in redUna chica vestida de rojo
I entered her room like a kidEntre a su cuarto hecho un chiquillo
And when I left, I was a gentlemanY al salir fui un señor

In school they talked about ColumbusEn la escuela me hablaban de Colon
And multiplication tablesY de las tablas de multiplicacion
But they didn't mentionPero no mencionaron
How love is madeComo es que se hace el amor

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-lawNo hubo celos ni suegras
I didn't have to invite them to the moviesNi tuve que invitarlas al cine
There were no scenes with brothers-in-lawNo hubo escenas in cuñados
And less a damn lawyerY menos un maldito abogado
It was all democracyEra todo democracia
There was no age or social classesNo habia edad ni clases sociales
If you met the feeSi cumplias con la tarifa
You had your little piece of heavenTenias tu pedacito de cielo
Four kisses, half a kilo of loveCuatro besos, medio kilo de amor
Two hugs and a liter of sweatDos abrazos y un litro de sudor
A love grocery storeUna abarroteria de amor