Nunca me fui (de chiquitita)

As a little girl I saw myself where I got lost
in Alem and San Lorenzo where I grew up
with yellow little boots on the corner flood
but that rain, didn't wet me
white gated house, front still unfinished
in summer the window opened wide
at night the weeping woman that made me sleep badly
but that fear, is not the same anymore
and when December arrived
that fear hid in the illusion
looking at the sky
waiting for the Child God to come down
these are things I always carry in every song
and I never left
where I look my town is there and that's how it is
how to forget, if that girl still lives in me
ever left, if the affection of those people is still here
I am what I am, I always carry what I was
and mom who bought me oversized clothes
so they last a long time, so I get mad
her hairstyle on my head, squinting my eyes
so I don't catch lice
in winter going to school was harder
in my father's car that took a while to start
very neat the smock
no coins in the pocket
I didn't care about recess
and at the end of class
my dad's forgetfulness and walk
back home
with the briefcase full, without crying
memories that are not forgotten, that are always there
and I never left
where I look my town is there and that's how it is
how to forget, if that girl still lives in me
ever left, if the affection of those people is still here
I am what I am, I always carry what I was
Sundays in the countryside, and it was pure freedom
my grandmother's smile, and all her complicity
the smell of tangerine and the fishing rod
coming back thinking
covered in mud, what story to invent
and I never left
where I look my town is there and that's how it is
how to forget, if that girl still lives in me
ever left, if the affection of those people is still here
I am what I am, I always carry what I was
and how to forget
that in Alem and San Lorenzo it was going to start
this path that still doesn't write its end.