Moneda de Cobre (part. Raúl Berón)
Tu padre era rubio
Buen mozo y malevo
Tu madre morena
Con labios malvon
Mulata naciste
Con ojos de cielo
Y mota en el pelo
De negro carbon
Creciste entre el lodo
De un barrio muy pobre
Cumpliste veinte años
Total para que
Y ahora te llaman
Moneda de cobre
Porque es sola y triste
Muy poco vales
Moneda de cobre
Yo sé que ayer
Fuiste hermosa
Yo con tus alas de rosa
Te vi volar mariposa
Y después, te vi caer
Moneda de fango
Que bien bailabas el tango
Que linda estabas entonces
Cómo una reina de bronce
Allá en el Follies Bergere
Copper Coin (feat. Raúl Berón)
Your dad was a blonde
Handsome and a troublemaker
Your mom was dark
With lips like a flower
You were born a mulatto
With sky-blue eyes
And a puff in your hair
Like black coal
You grew up in the mud
Of a very poor neighborhood
You turned twenty
What was it all for?
And now they call you
A copper coin
Because you're lonely and sad
You're worth so little
Copper coin
I know that yesterday
You were beautiful
With your rose-colored wings
I saw you fly, butterfly
And then, I saw you fall
Mud coin
You danced the tango so well
You looked so lovely back then
Like a bronze queen
Over at the Follies Bergere