Balada Para un Loco

The evenings in Buenos Aires have that 'I don't know what', you know?
You leave home through Arenales, and the usual on the street and in you
When, suddenly, behind a tree, I appear
Strange mix of second-to-last tramp
And first stowaway on a trip to Venus
Half a melon on my head
The shirt stripes painted on my skin
Two half soles nailed to my feet
And a free taxi flag raised in each hand (you laugh)
But only you see me
Because I pass among the people and the mannequins wink at me
The traffic lights give me three celestial lights
And the oranges from the corner fruit vendor
Throw me orange blossoms
And so, half dancing and half flying
I take off my melon to greet you
I give you a little flag and I say

I know I'm crazy, crazy, crazy
Don't you see the moon rolling down Callao Street
That a carnival of astronauts and children, with a waltz
Dances around me, dance! come! fly!

I know I'm crazy, crazy, crazy
I look at Buenos Aires from a sparrow's nest
And I saw you so sad come! fly! feel!
The crazy whim I have for you

Crazy! crazy! crazy!
When night falls in your Buenos Aires solitude
By the shore of your sheet I will come
With a poem and a trombone
To unveil your heart

Crazy! crazy! crazy!
Like a crazy acrobat I will jump
Over the abyss of your neckline until I feel
That I drove your heart crazy with freedom
You'll see!

Let's go for a walk, my dear
Get on my super-sport illusion
And let's run along the cornices
With a swallow in the engine!

From Vieytes they applaud us: 'Long live! Long live!'
The crazy ones who invented love
And an angel and a soldier and a girl
Give us a dancing waltz

The beautiful people come out to greet us
And crazy, but yours, what do I know!
I provoke bell towers with my laughter
And finally, I look at you, and sing in a low voice

Love me like this, crazy, crazy, crazy
Climb into this madness of craziness in me
Put on this wig of larks, and fly!
Fly with me now! come, fly, come!

Love me like this, crazy, crazy, crazy
Open up to the loves we're going to try
The magical total madness of reliving
Come, fly, come! tra-la-la-la-la!

Long live! Long live! Long live!
Crazy her and crazy me
Crazy! crazy! crazy!
Crazy her and crazy me