Moneda de Cobre (part. Alberto Castillo)

Copper Coin (feat. Alberto Castillo)

Moneda de Cobre (part. Alberto Castillo)

Your dad was a blondeTu padre era rubio
Drunk and a crookBorracho y malevo
Your mom was blackTu madre era negra
With lips like a flowerCon labios malvon

You were born a mulattoMulata naciste
With sky-blue eyesCon ojos de cielo
And weed in your hairY mota en el pelo
Like black coalDe negro carbon

You grew up in the mudCreciste entre el lodo
Of a very poor neighborhoodDe un barrio muy pobre
You turned twentyCumpliste veinte años
In a cabaretEn un cabaret

And now they call you a copper coinY ahora te llaman moneda de cobre
Because you're old and sadPorque es vieja y triste
You're worth so littleMuy poco vales

Copper coinMoneda de cobre
I know you were beautiful yesterdayYo sé que ayer fuiste hermosa
With your rose-colored wingsYo con tus alas de rosa
I saw you fly, butterflyTe vi volar mariposa
And then I saw you fallY después te vi caer

Mud coinMoneda de fango
You danced the tango so wellQue bien bailabas el tango
You looked so lovely back thenQue linda estabas entonces
Like a bronze queenCómo una reina de bronce
Over in PolibergeAllá en el Poliberge