Sorpresa
Rubén Blades
Surprise
The drunk stopped singing and began to tell his good fortune.
Fortunately, the neighborhood was asleep; full the moon shone.
Suddenly, a thief splashed in neon, jumped like a tiger
from the alley and put a "Magnum" in front of the drunk
to the face; and told him, -"hand over everything, or he will shoot himself"...
The trembling drunk handed the thief what he had just finished.
to find, a "Smith & Wesson", some pesos and a dagger;
The thief, astonished, asked him, -"And what are you doing with
all this?"... you better tell me the whole story;
and I hope the smoke doesn't affect your memory"...
Sometimes talking is essential, but other times it is better
keep silent because sometimes speaking is a deadly mistake.
With the information that the drunk gave him three blocks to the north
The thief found the bodies of a woman and a man
in a coat, lying on the sidewalk in a prenatal position.
The thief shook the woman with his foot, to see if she would react;
When nothing happened, he bent down and looked for her to see if he found anything.
and found nothing...
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The thief turned his attention to the body of the man in the coat.
He crouched over him, and recognized him by the gold tooth he was wearing;
-"Oh, but it's old Pedro Navaja"-; and started making fun of him
while registering it.
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Sometimes talking is essential, but other times it is better to remain silent
because sometimes speaking is a deadly mistake.
Like a flash of lightning, the knife entered him, searching inside his body for the
soul; The thief felt the moon burning his insides; and saw the most
great miracle of his life: -He died watching the sun come out of a laughing mouth!
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Pedro took his identity paper and put it in the thief's pocket.
from the back of his pants to confuse the investigation. Peter, wounded
bullet, he picked up his other dagger, he always carries two with him, when
go out to work; and from the neighborhood to the moon his laughter shone;
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Life gives you surprises, hey camará!
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What do these rookies think? This is my neighborhood, Dad!