La Primera Noche
Cafe Quijano
The First Night
It was the time of Sonny Crockett
White Ferrari and beige suit
October 2nd, nineteen ninety
Not much is said about that night
A relative of a guy from León invites me for a drink by the bay
After a long flight, I was so tired I could barely see
A guy approaches me who looks like a drug dealer
He got off a boat, shirt open, two watches on the same arm
He asks me where the guy went
Who was next to me with a girl in a long orange dress
The first night had it all
A priest shows up giving away parrots
Another crazy guy says he’s a werewolf
A Cuban sings and everyone joins in
I met Evelyn
She got tired of her boyfriend and left him in Paris
She spent her days smoking hash
Telling me stories to keep me awake
My buddy Tony fills me in, there’s a lot of bad and a lot of gold diggers
Don’t trust too easily, my little Spaniard, there’s a crime on every corner
Soon a Puerto Rican shows up
With an iguana
And a little kid
He orders a pitcher that’s empty, we never understood what he was doing
The terrace is packed, a lot of beautiful girls
Wherever you look, you see actors, models, and singers serving drinks
Right in one corner, I see a lot of Asian girls
They’re from a circus that’s premiering Thursday right across the pier
The first night had it all
A priest shows up giving away parrots
Another crazy guy says he’s a werewolf
A Cuban sings and everyone joins in
I met Evelyn
She got tired of her boyfriend and left him in Paris
She spent her days smoking hash
Telling me stories to keep me awake
I never knew if Evelyn wanted to kiss me
I don’t remember if I had one mojito too many
I never knew anything, I don’t remember anything
And it’s better that I don’t remember anything
The first night had it all
A priest shows up giving away parrots
Another crazy guy says he’s a werewolf
A Cuban sings and everyone joins in
I met Evelyn
She got tired of her boyfriend and left him in Paris
She spent her days smoking hash
Telling me stories to keep me awake
It was the time of Sonny Crockett
White Ferrari and beige suit
