Rumores Del Barrio

Neighborhood Rumors

It's the rumors from the neighborhood
Gossip from the alley
That turn back and forth into a profession
And when the river sounds

It's because it's bringing water

Water that's about to fall...

Or water that falls

(Did you hear the latest, girl, come here)

The little girl who was nobody
So serious, she was a prude
Who wouldn't kill a fly
And always with her boyfriend out late at night

Josefina from the classroom
Don Armando's wife
With the guy from the corner store
Playing an extra game on the down-low

I know a big guy
Who boasts about being a tough guy
Once he has a drink
He starts walking and talking all weird

You see the speck in someone else's eye
But not the log in your own

You live and thrive on rumors
And that's how you get by

You make up a thousand stories, just watch
Gossip really entertains me

You talk a lot about people
Only what suits you

I had a little buddy
Who’s now a senator
And I had another buddy
Who hooked up with a congressman

And in less time than it takes to sing a rooster
He's got 5 cars, 2 mansions, and a plane.