Love Grocery Store

Abarroteria de Amor

The mystery was thereEl misterio esaba allí
In that brick-colored houseEn aquella casa color ladrillo
A red light 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
A few bucks to taste the flavorUnos billetes para conocer el sabor
Of a shared bedDe una cama compartida
With ladies without namesCon damas sin nombre

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

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-lawNo hubo celos ni suegras
And I didn’t have to take them to the moviesNi tuve que invitarlas al cine
No scenes with brothers-in-lawNo hubo escenas in cuñados
And definitely no damn lawyerY menos un maldito abogado
It was all democracyEra todo democracia
There was no age or social classNo había edad ni clases sociales
If you paid the feeSi cumplias con la tarifa
You got 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 teacherAllí 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 saidNo te pongas nervioso me dijo
A girl dressed in redUna chica vestida de rojo
I entered her room as a kidEntre a su cuarto siendo un chiquillo
And came out like a manY 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 never mentionedPero no mencionaron
How to make loveComo es que se hace el amor

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-lawNo hubo celos ni suegras
And I didn’t have to take them to the moviesNi tuve que invitarlas al cine
No scenes with brothers-in-lawNo hubo escenas in cuñados
And definitely no damn lawyerY menos un maldito abogado
It was all democracyEra todo democracia
There was no age or social classNo había edad ni clases sociales
If you paid the feeSi cumplias con la tarifa
You got 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