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Love's Job

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Oficio de Enamorado

Salgo de la casa, corro por las calles
Y un rayo me atrapa con su luz
Leo los diarios, Jordan retirado
Y el colesterol no ayuda a mi salu'
Opinan todos menos tú

Pero te digo que yo
Me siento en la acera, te escribo un poema
Y un perro me guiña un ojo azul
Oigo mil llamadas, no respondo nada
El código de área de mi comprensión
Se lo entregué a tu corazón, negrita linda

Y lo que me pasa a mí
Mamita, estoy ofuscao'
Y de seguir así
Voy a acabar tostao'

Ay no, no me hagas sufrir
Que eres mi fuente de luz
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
Una locura así
Que me lleva a lo absurdo
Es oficio de enamorao'
Oficio de enamorao'
Oficio de, enamorao'

Sigo caminando, me grita el asfalto
Y un tráfico multa mi razón
Busco bien tu cara, la ilusión me ladra
Me perfumo el alma con esa actitu'
Estaban todos menos tú, negrita linda

Y lo que me pasa a mí
Mamita, estoy ofuscao'
Y de seguir así
Voy a acabar tostao'

Ay no, no me hagas sufrir
Que eres mi fuente de luz
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
Una locura así
Que me lleva a lo absurdo
Es oficio de enamorao'
Oficio de enamorao'

Oficio de, echa pa' 'cá, mamá
Mamita, sal a la calle
Que mi cariño es profundo
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo

Una locura infinita de'de principio del mundo, negrita
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
Eres mi talón de Aquiles, mi brujulita y mi rumbo
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
De Puerto Rico a Argentina, Santo Domingo a Berlín
A todos nos pasa

Este que mira, pero echa pa' 'cá
Mamita, sal a la calle
Que mi cariño es profundo, tú ve'
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
Se me anestesia la vida si no te veo en mi rumbo
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a todo el mundo
De Venezuela a Colombia y de'de España hasta el mundo

Ya ves
Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a cualquiera
Le pasa a él
En medio 'e la acera
Te pasa a ti
Cruzando la esquina, bebiendo una soda o leyendo rayuela

Lo que me pasa a mí
Le pasa a él
Acomódate Ma'dalena
Le pasa a u'te'
Que ahora vengo Super-Nintendo
Con dispositivo de turbo que vuela
Lo que me pasa a mí
Pero que mira, cuando paso por tu casa, niña
Le pasa a él
Se me alborota el corazón, pi ri qui ta ca ta
Me pasa a mí
Me sube la bili', me brotan la' vena'
Se aprieta el pechito y la rumba está buena

Love's Job

I leave the house, run through the streets
And a lightning bolt traps me with its light
I read the newspapers, Jordan retired
And cholesterol doesn't help my health
Everyone gives their opinion except you

But I tell you that I
Sit on the sidewalk, write you a poem
And a dog winks at me with a blue eye
I hear a thousand calls, I don't answer anything
The area code of my understanding
I gave it to your heart, beautiful girl

And what happens to me
Mama, I'm confused
And if I keep going like this
I'm going to end up burnt

Oh no, don't make me suffer
You are my source of light
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
A madness like this
That leads me to the absurd
It's the job of being in love
Job of being in love
Job of, being in love

I keep walking, the asphalt screams at me
And traffic fines my reason
I search well for your face, the illusion barks at me
I perfume my soul with that attitude
They were all there except you, beautiful girl

And what happens to me
Mama, I'm confused
And if I keep going like this
I'm going to end up burnt

Oh no, don't make me suffer
You are my source of light
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
A madness like this
That leads me to the absurd
It's the job of being in love
Job of being in love

Job of, come here, mama
Mama, go out to the street
That my love is deep
What happens to me
Happens to everyone

An infinite madness since the beginning of the world, beautiful
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
You are my Achilles' heel, my little compass and my direction
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
From Puerto Rico to Argentina, Santo Domingo to Berlin
It happens to all of us

This one who watches, but come here
Mama, go out to the street
That my love is deep, you see
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
Life gets numb if I don't see you on my path
What happens to me
Happens to everyone
From Venezuela to Colombia and from Spain to the world

You see
What happens to me
Happens to anyone
It happens to him
In the middle of the sidewalk
It happens to you
Crossing the corner, drinking a soda or reading hopscotch

What happens to me
Happens to him
Get comfortable, Magdalene
It happens to you
That now I come Super Nintendo
With a turbo device that flies
What happens to me
But look, when I pass by your house, girl
It happens to him
My heart flutters, pi ri qui ta ca ta
It happens to me
My bile rises, my veins burst
My chest tightens and the party is good

Escrita por: Juan Luis Guerra