Elena

Elena decided
to sell her body on a cold night
(oh, yes, yes, oh..)
no one gave a thought
and so she became a woman, who would have thought?

She made love
to the time wasted every day
later she got tired
Elena decided to sell her life, oh

Elena ran away
to Caracas to New York
in a van of a departing ship, uh
Elena made it
now she lives in the Bronx
with a Jew from a factory, oh!

Elena, Elena
if you're doing well, write, Elena...

She looked for it
in the middle of the street, in an office
Elena walked
all over Manhattan with her clay foot

She forgot her mind
left her eyes in any shop window
there on 102nd Street
Elena got what she wanted

She never imagined
that here in New York
they would pay for delivering an envelope, uh
she also never imagined
why so much fear
she never heard of cocaine, oh!

Elena, Elena
if you're doing well, write, Elena (uh, uh, Elena...)

Uh, Elena!

And Elena thus began
a game she would never escape from
no one gave a thought
as she would buy her TV, uh

A cloth was tied
she left modesty thrown on a chair
but she never imagined
that she would never return home

And on a hot day
in the city of New York
Elena was murdered on a tram, oh
the sky clouded over
and no one picked up
the envelope she had on her chest, oh!

Elena, Elena
if you're doing well, write, Elena (uh, uh, Elena...)

Elena!

Oh, oh..