Santa Lucía

Santa Lucia

Santa Lucía

I met her at Santa Lucia stationLa conocí en la estación Santa Lucía
She watched my performance very sadlyElla miraba muy tristemente mi actuación
As she was leaving, I said: Black girl, I have a tailCuando se iba, le dije: Negra, tengo una cola
If you come with me, I'll find a much better excuseSi me acompañas busco un pretexto mucho mejor

And we walked to the bench in a square they call BrazilY caminamos hacia el banco de una plaza que le llaman Brasil
It wasn't so far to wake up from a dream, to surviveNo era tan lejos para despertar de un sueño, para sobrevivir
And we stayed silent for so long, not knowing what to sayY nos quedamos tanto rato en silencio, sin saber que decir
A dog barked at us and we burst into a futile laughUn perro nos ladró y de un salto deslizamos una risa fútil

I met her at Santa Lucia stationLa conocí en la estación Santa Lucía
She watched the buses full of the terminalElla miraba los buses llenos del terminal
I said: Black girl, let's go south, let's go to ValdiviaLe dije: Negra, vamos pal sur, vamo' a Valdivia
She said: Okay, I have nothing to lose, we must tryMe dijo: Bueno, no pierdo nada, hay que probar

And without thinking we settled in Niebla, sorry, in Los MolinosY sin pensarlo nos instalamos en Niebla, perdón, en Los Molinos
We couldn't have a simpler lifeVida tan simple no podíamos tener todavía más
I was undoing songs, she was making necklaces every weekYo deshacía canciones, ella armaba collares cada semana
Smoking, we passed the time and unintentionally stopped workingFumando pasamos el tiempo y sin querer dejamos de trabajar

On a stormy nightEn una noche de temporal
She said: Black man, I can't take it anymoreMe dijo: Negro, yo no doy más
It was all a game and I know it's bad to playTodo era un juego y sé que es malo jugar
I just wanted to experienceSolo quería experimentar
I'm tired of so much blues, I'm tired of the southern coldYa me cansé de tanto blues, ya me cansé del frío del sur
Keep your little songs, without money we don't pay the lightQuédate con tus cancioncitas, sin dinero no pagamos la luz

I met her at Santa Lucia stationLa conocí en la estación Santa Lucía
She gave me her love, she gave me her sex, she gave me her riceMe dio su amor, me dio su sexo, me dio su arroz
She slammed the door on my beliefs, on my ribsMe dio un portazo en mis creencias, en mis costillas
She seriously said that love can't be saved without moneyMe dijo seria que sin dinero no se salva el amor
She seriously said that love can't be saved without moneyMe dijo seria que sin dinero no se salva el amor
She seriously said that love can't be saved without moneyMe dijo seria que sin dinero no se salva el amor
Love can't be savedNo se salva el amor
Love can't be savedNo se salva el amor
Love can't be savedNo se salva el amor