Plaza Garibaldi

He told me that you illuminated Garibaldi
when you rolled down the window,
that your car almost caressed him
when asking for a song,
that the rose painted blue by José Alfredo
climbed up your suspenders and in your hair
found another reason.
He told me that who would have thought
that he would fall in love
with the poshest girl in Madrid...
The poshest girl in Madrid.
You came back shortly after to shed years off
to ask for some fire.
You said, come on, I'll buy you some beers
and you show me your city.
And the mariachi, surprised by his luck,
saw you laugh and saw death
waiting for him at the bar.
As certain as the air I breathe today,
as certain as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
is still alive,
is still alive.
The D.F. was left strange without your love
like Insurgentes without taxis,
like the Tenampa in silence or a flower
growing in Ground Zero.
My plans remain sunk after your escape
like in my chest this smoke,
like the cathedral of the Zócalo, my life,
like my body in the dark,
like my body in the dark.
You drank long hours of nobility
like summer naps.
So the dawn kissed your hands
and Don Julio spoke for him.
Do you know? The duty of a good mariachi
is to take the ladies to the taxi,
accompany them to the hotel.
You let yourself be convinced and as a snack
you bit in the car.
Then dessert took you to bed,
took you to bed.
In time, I saw him again in Garibaldi
tuning the guitar,
waiting for when the window of another car rolls down
and you appear.
We left together and amidst fights and shots
he told me this story,
which is the story of a blessed man who still dreams of you.
The task was left to find you here in Madrid
to tell you that things have gone wrong
since he drinks without you,
since he drinks without you.
The D.F. was left strange without your love
like Insurgentes without taxis,
like the Tenampa in silence or a flower
growing in Ground Zero.
My plans remain sunk after your escape
like in my chest this smoke,
like the cathedral of the Zócalo, my life,
like my body in the dark,
like my body in the dark.