Cambalache

Barter

Cambalache

That the world was and will be a piece of shitQue el mundo fue y será una porquería
I already knowYa lo sé
In five hundred and ten¡En el quinientos diez
And in two thousand too!Y en el dos mil también!
There have always been jetsQue siempre ha habido chorros
Machiavellis and scammersMaquiavelos y estafaos
Happy and bitterContentos y amargaos
Values and dubléValores y dublé
But the twentieth centuryPero que el siglo veinte
It is a deploymentEs un despliegue
Of insolent wickednessDe maldá insolente
Yeah, there's no one who denies itYa, no hay quien lo niegue
We live in chaosVivimos revolcaos
In a meringueEn un merengue

In the same mudEn el mismo lodo
All gropedTodos manoseaos

Today it turns out that it is the same¡Hoy resulta que es lo mismo
Be right, that traitor!Ser derecho que traidor!
Ignorant, wise, thief¡Ignorante, sabio, chorro
Pretentious, scammer!Pretensioso, estafador!
It's all the same!¡Todo es igual!
Nothing is better!¡Nada es mejor!
Same as a donkey¡Lo mismo un burro
What a great teacher!Que un gran profesor!
There are no postponements, there won't be any!No hay aplazaos, que va haber!
No rankingNi escalafón
The immoral onesLos inmorales
They have equaled usNos han igualao
If one lives in impostureSi uno vive en la impostura
And another strives in his ambitionY otro afana en su ambición
It doesn't matter if he is a priest¡Da lo mismo que sea cura
Colchonero, King of ClubsColchonero, rey de bastos
Cheeky guy or stowaway!Caradura o polizón!

What a lack of respect, what an outrage!¡Qué falta de respeto, qué atropello
To reason!A la razón!
Anyone is a gentleman!¡Cualquiera es un señor!
Anyone is a thief!¡Cualquiera es un ladrón!
Mixed with Toscanini, there is Scarface and NapoleonMezclao con Toscanini, va Scarface y Napoleón
Don Bosco and the MignonDon Bosco y la Mignon
Carnera and San MartinCarnera y San Martín
Just like in the disrespectful windowIgual que en la vidriera irrespetuosa
Of the barteringDe los cambalaches
Life has been mixed upSe ha mezclao la vida
And wounded by a saber without rivetsY herida por un sable sin remaches
You see the Bible cryingVes llorar la Biblia
Next to a water heaterJunto a un calefón

Twentieth century, a mess¡Siglo veinte, cambalache
Troubled and feverish!Problemático y febril!
He who does not cry does not suckEl que no llora no mama
And he who does not steal is a fool!Y el que no afana es un gil!
Just go for it!¡Dale nomás!
Come on, here you go!¡Dale que va!
That there in the oven¡Que allá en el horno
We will meet!Se vamo a encontrar!
Don't think about it anymore¡No pienses más
Sit on one sideSentate a un lao
That nobody caresQue a nadie importa
If you were born honorable!Si naciste honrao!
If it is the same who worksSi es lo mismo el que labura
Night and day like an oxNoche y día como un buey
That he who lives from the minesQue el que vive de las minas
That he who kills, that he who healsQue el que mata, que el que cura
Or it is outside the lawO está fuera de la ley