Al Lado Del Camino

I like being by the side of the road
Smoking the smoke while everything happens
I like opening my eyes and being alive
Having to deal with the hangover

So sailing becomes necessary
In ships that crash into nothingness
Living tormented by meaning
I think this is the heaviest part

In times where nobody listens to anybody
In times where everyone is against everyone
In selfish and petty times
In times where we are always alone

One must declare oneself incompetent
In all market matters
One must declare oneself innocent
Or one must be abject and heartless

I no longer belong to any isthmus
I consider myself alive and buried
I put the songs on your walkman
Time put me in another place

I will have to do what is and is not due
I will have to do good and do harm
Don't forget that forgiveness is divine
And to err sometimes is human

It's never good to make enemies
Who are not up to the conflict
Who think they are making a war
And wet themselves like children

Who roam sinister ministries
Mocking the artist
That everything that shines in this world
Only gives them dandruff and envy

I was a sad and enchanted kid
With Beatles, Caña Legui and wonders
Books, songs and pianos
Cinema, betrayals, enigmas

My father, beer, pills
Mysteries, bad whiskey
Oils, love, stages
Hunger, cold, crime
Money and my ten aunts
Made me this tangled man

If you ever cross me on the street
Give me your kiss and don't worry
If you see that I'm thinking about something else
It's nothing bad, a breeze passed by

The breeze of death in love
That hovers like a killer angel
But don't be scared, it always passes
It's just the intuition of my destiny

I like being by the side of the road
Smoking the smoke while everything happens
I like coming back from oblivion
To remember in dreams my home

The boy who played ball
The four-nine-five-eight-five
No one promised us a rose garden
We talk about the danger of being alive

I didn't come to entertain your family
While the world falls apart
I like being by the side of the road
I like feeling you by my side
I like being by the side of the road
Sleeping with you every night in my arms

By the side of the road
By the side of the road
By the side of the road
It's more entertaining and cheaper

By the side of the road
By the side of the road