Más de Una Vez
Silvio Rodriguez
More Than Once
More than once
I have been thrown out on the street
For laughing where I should be crying
For crying where I should be laughing
For keeping silent where I should be speaking
For speaking where I should be silent
For speaking softly about faith
For speaking loudly about love
More than once a year I do
Something that cannot be done
I kick a stone, raise dust
That makes me want to cough
I then fill myself with optimism
I want to talk about something solemn
But the stone falls on me
And I can never finish
More than once I have been thrown out on the street
For not showing respect for flowers
For spilling food on the tablecloths
For giving alcohol to some children
For quickly undressing my women
More than once I have no fun
More than once I have no invitation
More than once a year I do
Something that cannot be done
I kick a stone, raise dust
That makes me want to cough
I then fill myself with optimism
I want to talk about something solemn
But the stone falls on me
And I can never finish
More than once I have been thrown out on the street
For running where the sick sleep
For smoking in the theater boxes
For making a face at my teacher
For carrying hemlock in my pocket
Since I went to school with a dog
Since they broke my head
For talking too much about the
And calling a fisherman a murderer
More than once a year I do
Something that cannot be done
I kick a stone, raise dust
That makes me want to cough
I then fill myself
Something solemn
But the stone falls on me
And I can never you
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