El Niágara En Bicicleta
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
The Niagara on a Bicycle
I got a dizzy spell one Sunday morning
When I least expected it
I fell flat, like a soursop, on the drain
Maybe it's the pressure or my bilirubin has gone up
And I got a fever
And I started turning as white as a mothball
They took me to a hospital full of people (supposedly)
In the emergency room, the receptionist was listening to the lottery
(Thirty thousand pesos!)
Someone take pity on me!
I shouted losing consciousness
And a nurse approached my ear and said
Calm down, Bobby, calm down
She caressed me with her hands of ben gay and said
What's wrong, athlete?
And I told her in great detail what had happened to me
We need to check your blood pressure
But the room is occupied and, my dear
In this hospital there's no light for an electrocardiogram
I opened my eyes wide and grabbed my head
Because it's very hard
To go through the Niagara on a bicycle
Don't tell me the doctors left
Don't tell me they don't have anesthesia
Don't tell me they drank the alcohol
And the sewing thread
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
Don't tell me the forceps got lost
That the stethoscope is partying
That the x-rays melted
And the serum has already been used
To sweeten the coffee
I leaned on her shoulders like a lame man on his crutch
And I said: What do I do, princess?
And on a prescription paper she wrote very sweetly
(My princess, what will become of me?, uh)
I'm sorry, athlete
She caressed me with her hands of ben gay and continued on her way
And I clearly heard when she said to another patient
Calm down, Bobby, calm down
I lowered my eyes halfway and grabbed my head
Because it's very hard
To go through the Niagara on a bicycle
Don't tell me the doctors left
Don't tell me they don't have anesthesia
Don't tell me they drank the alcohol
And the sewing thread
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
Don't tell me the forceps got lost
That the stethoscope is partying
That the x-rays melted
And the serum has already been used
To sweeten the coffee
(Don't tell me I'm falling
From so much pain
Don't tell me the aspirins
Are changing color
Don't tell me they're giving birth to me
That it lacks love
Don't tell me it's beating, oh no)