ARGENTINOS

Maybe it's because we live hanging
from the last step
of the southern hemisphere
Maybe in this world we’re
standing on our heads
Dreaming of a Ferrari parked at home
and sleeping tonight with Valeria Mazza
Maybe we’re shrinking
from dreaming so big
Maybe it’s because we conjugate
with an Italian accent
the verb in Spanish
Maybe tango is to blame
for the gray and the sadness
Maybe when God wanted to prepare us
he mixed people from thousands of places
and maybe he got a little carried away
with Calabrian blood
That's just how we are
as applauded as we are despised
noble, conceited, de-globalized
But I love being Argentine
it’s my destiny, I didn’t choose it
My mother is a saint, the judge a jerk
and I’m Argentine until I die
Maybe it’s because we devour
more meat than health recommends
and we’re all when we travel
Gardel and Maradona
Maybe it’s because we’ve fallen behind
a couple of payments
on what we’ve borrowed
even though we’ve paid so much
no one forgives us
Maybe it’s because we beat
the Dream Team
playing basketball
the first world must be thinking
of sending us the bill
Maybe there’s nothing
that can scare us
with everything we’ve been enduring
Inflation, recession, villains
violence and dictatorship
That's just how we are
maybe we’ve created the genes
to do everything that’s not good for us
But I love being Argentine
it’s my destiny, I didn’t choose it
My mother is a saint, the judge a jerk
and I’m Argentine until I die
Let’s hit the field, let’s drink wine
if there’s no fine wine, we’ll take tetra brick
We are the crew from the obelisk
we are the Indians of San Martín
But I love being Argentine
living in Vigo, Rome, or Berlin
I can be poor, never a beggar
I’m Argentine until I die.