Que Palique

Oh, what a chatter, oh, what a chatter, oh, what a chatter this dude has,

Could have been a soldier
Selling his soul for a paycheck.
Could have been a military man
Shutting up to let the weapons speak.
Could have been a soldier
Brain shrunk to the size of a chickpea.
Could have been a military man
But I can't, baby,
I'm smarter than a fox.

Could have been a laborer,
Could have been a doctor,
Could have been a politician,
But I can't, baby,
I fight for your love.
Could have been Don Quixote
Fought like a madman
Against giant windmills.
Could have been a powerful president
But I can't, baby,
I'm a free man.

It's making do, Manuel, it's the D system.
You have no choice if you want to get by,
I search the horizon in vain
Where is the solution?
Live a thousand years like a pawn
Or die today like a lion.

I'm a simple man
Living with doubt.
Once a soldier,
Always a pacifist.
Sometimes I wonder what's the point of the fight,
And the next day what fight makes sense.
I love a woman, I love the mountains,
Death doesn't scare me, the night is my companion.
Long ago the old Indian told me one day
Enough talking, it's all nonsense.