La Calesita (part. Jorge Valdez)

The carousel cries
From the dark little corner
And it makes bleed the things
That were roses one day

Boys with sharp axes
And a girl who loved me
A tango, strong and whole
More streetwise than my soul

Keep dancing in the mud
And in a corner, it throbs
With its tango pain
The carousel

Carancanfun, I’m back to dance
And as I take a seat
I’m the ranun at the stop
Of your starched petticoat
You hit me, carancanfun

And the heel clicks and the shine
On the pants
When by your side
I had my heart thrown down

The carousel screams
Its long wicked woes
A date that takes us
Down the sidewalk of Balvanera

Let’s go again, my friend
So it keeps dancing with you
Come on, in its routine
The old corner
Is calling me

Come on, it’s waiting for us
With its faded skirt
This song that rolls
The carousel
This song that rolls
The carousel