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Mercedes Sosa
Singer by Trade
My trade as a singer is the trade
Of those who have guitars in their souls
I have my workshop in my guts
And my only tool is my throat.
My trade as a singer is the most beautiful
I can make a garden out of deserts
And I can revive something already dead
Just by singing a song.
I always sing to my people
Because my voice belongs to the people
If I belong to the people
Only the people's song will be mine.
No one should believe that the singer
Belongs to a strange world
Where everything is a stage and fantasy
The singer is just another man who walks
Through the streets and days
Suffering the suffering of his people
And also beating with their joy.
My trade as a singer is so beautiful
That I can make those who hate love
And I can make flowers bloom in autumn
Just by singing a song.
