Otro Cuento

Another Story

Otro Cuento

If children's stories were written todaySi los cuentos infantiles se escribieran hoy
Robin Hood would be the victim of the robberyRobin Hood sería la víctima del robo
Peter Pan would age alone in a nursing homePeter Pan envejecería solo en un ancianato
And Little Red Riding Hood would be the one who eats the WolfY Caperucita sería la que se come al Lobo

If children's stories were written todaySi los cuentos infantiles se escribieran hoy
Pinocchio would be a politicianPinocho, político sería
And the Ugly Duckling would stop being uglyY el Patito Feo dejaría de ser feo
In an operating room getting surgeriesEn un quirófano haciéndose cirugías

The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento
The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento

Snow White would never have woken upBlanca Nieves nunca habría despertado
Because there wouldn't be another participant for the kissPorque para el beso no habría otro partícipe
Because the prince would surely have stayedPorque el príncipe seguro se habría quedado
All night kissing another princeToda la noche besando a otro príncipe

The Three Little Pigs would never have workedLos Tres Cerditos nunca habrían trabajado
Waiting for the house to be subsidized by the StateEsperando a que la casa se las subsidie el Estado
And at midnight Cinderella wouldn't return to her pumpkinY a media noche la Cenicienta no regresaría a su calabaza
Because she doesn't care about the rules of her housePues no le importan las reglas de su casa

The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento
The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento

The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento
The storyEl cuento
Is already another storyYa es otro cuento
I won't tell you whyPa’ qué le cuento

Beauty is very beautiful but very beastlyLa Bella es muy bella pero muy bestia
Hansel and Gretel are now on a dietHansel y Gretel ahora hacen dieta
The Three Musketeers no longer tolerate each otherLos Tres Mosqueteros ya no se toleran
One for one and the restUno para uno y el resto
Let them defend themselves as best they canQue se defienda como pueda