Te Doy Una Canción
Silvio Rodriguez
I Give You a Song
How I waste paper remembering you
How you make me talk in the silence
How I can't get rid of the desire for you
Even though nobody ever sees me with you
And how time goes by, suddenly it's years
Without you passing by me, stopped
I give you a song if I open a door
And from the shadows you come out
I give you a song in the early morning
When I most want your light
I give you a song when you appear
The mystery of love
And if you don't appear, I don't care
I give you a song
If I look outside a little, I stop
The city collapses and I'm singing
The people who hate me and who love me
Won't forgive me for getting distracted
They think I say everything, that I risk my life
Because they don't know you or feel you
I give you a song and I make a speech
About my right to speak
I give you a song with my two hands
With the same ones to kill
I give you a song and I say Homeland
And I keep talking to you
I give you a song like a shot
Like a book, a word, a guerrilla
Like I give love