Moneda de Cobre (part. Alberto Castillo)
Tu padre era rubio
Borracho y malevo
Tu madre era negra
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
En un cabaret
Y ahora te llaman moneda de cobre
Porque es vieja 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 Poliberge
Copper Coin (feat. Alberto Castillo)
Your dad was a blonde
Drunk and a crook
Your mom was black
With lips like a flower
You were born a mulatto
With sky-blue eyes
And weed in your hair
Like black coal
You grew up in the mud
Of a very poor neighborhood
You turned twenty
In a cabaret
And now they call you a copper coin
Because you're old and sad
You're worth so little
Copper coin
I know you were beautiful yesterday
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 in Poliberge