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Postscript

Joaquín Sabina

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Tú tirabas los dados
Yo burlaba la suerte
Yo la última palabra
Tú un pero que añadir

De tanto ser felices
Se me olvidó quererte
Yo buscaba un tesoro
Tú querías un botín

Yo era un flaco bendito
Por groupies juguetonas
Tu el manjar exquisito
De la mesa de un rey

Yo el trovador cascado
Tu la gran prima donna
Tu reina sin corona
Yo fuera de la ley

La canción que te escribo
No es más que una postdata
Si la bailas con otro
No te acuerdes de mí

Cuando me abandonaste
Bordé un puente de plata
Ni tú eras para tanto
Ni tú eras para tanto
Ni yo soy para ti

No es que esté triste, carajo, es que me acuerdo

Tú firmabas la paz
Yo buscaba el desquite
Hubo un error de cálculo, pensé
Nosotros dos

Tú buscabas marido
Yo encontré un escondite
Tu sombra es un pecado de la imaginación

Cuando te haya olvidado
Aún te echaré de menos
Y alzaré la penúltima copa a tu salud

Me obligaste a elegir entre tú y el veneno
Yo tiré una moneda
Al aire y salió cruz

La canción que te escribo
No es más que una postdata
Si la bailas con otro
No te acuerdes de mí

Cuando me abandonaste
Bordé un puente de plata
Ni tú eras para tanto
Ni tú eras para tanto
Ni yo soy para ti

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You were throwing the dice
I mocked luck
I had the final word
You had a 'but' to add

Being so happy
I forgot to love you
I was looking for a treasure
You wanted a loot

I was a blessed skinny guy
By playful groupies
You the exquisite delicacy
From a king's table

I was the worn troubadour
You the great prima donna
You a queen without a crown
Me outside the law

The song I write for you
Is nothing but a postscript
If you dance it with someone else
Don't remember me

When you left me
I embroidered a silver bridge
You weren't that much
You weren't that much
And I'm not for you

It's not that I'm sad, damn it, it's that I remember

You were signing peace
I was seeking revenge
There was a miscalculation, I thought
Between us two

You were looking for a husband
I found a hiding place
Your shadow is a sin of imagination

When I have forgotten you
I will still miss you
And I'll raise the penultimate toast to your health

You forced me to choose between you and poison
I flipped a coin
And it came up tails

The song I write for you
Is nothing but a postscript
If you dance it with someone else
Don't remember me

When you left me
I embroidered a silver bridge
You weren't that much
You weren't that much
And I'm not for you

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