Por Qué No Te Quedas En Casa
Ismael Serrano
Why Don't You Stay Home
Sometimes I wonder why the empire
Crippled the wings of my dream,
Why before being born they already considered us dead,
Why there is so much fear of imagination.
Why did they seize my adventure and hope?
Why did they disembark on the beach?
Why so determined
To watch over my safety?
Why does Latin America hurt you?
Why does the Caribbean boil at the touch of your armored skin?
And why don't you stay home,
To see if you can solve what happens in your suburbs?
Soon stars will rain in your neighborhood,
And you will send the army, in charge of cleaning it up.
Not a speck of celestial dust should remain,
Lest the taxpayer dares to dream.
Why does Latin America hurt you?
Why does the Caribbean boil at the touch of your armored skin?
And why don't you stay home,
To see if you can solve what happens in your suburbs?
You dream that another planet is inhabited,
So when this one is all yours you can send your soldiers there.
And when will you learn that victory is not in you,
That I prefer uncertainty to your order in this world?
Why does Latin America hurt you?
Why does the Caribbean boil at the touch of your armored skin?
And why don't you stay home,
To see if you can solve what happens in your suburbs?
Why don't you stay home?
Why don't you stay home?
Why don't you stay home?
Watch over your beautiful American city,
For Harlem could be Vietnam tomorrow.
It's not just me asking,
Thousands of voices are asking. Listen to them.
Why don't you stay home?
Why don't you stay home?
Why don't you stay home?
The clear message of this song
You know it:
Yankees go home.
