ILLUSTRATED SONGS (2011)

INTENTO

Talvez hoy no sea igual que ayer
Talvez el viento ruja más violento hoy
Talvez adquieras algo más a tu saber
Talvez en este punto no se a donde voy

Talvez piensas lo lindo que es el amor
Talvez ignoras cuánto éste puede doler
Talvez disfrutas como nunca de tu nueva vida
Talvez no hay son ni canto que te pueda conmover

Talvez hoy la esperanza no es tu fuerte
Y por el suelo abajo la autoestima
No aprecias más el dulce canto de un gorrión
No hay más...intento...


MESS A GOOD THING

Baby, you won´t be messing a good thing
Hurrying off with the break of day
You´re not like them other men

Baby, I know we´ll never be parting
You won´t leave me in a heartache
Beckoning disarray

Strange things have happened before
But oh this love, gives me more than I ever
Bargained for
Lifts me up cause I know
He won´t mess a good thing

Baby, no one can touch this love of mine
There´s no need to waste my time
I live just for you

Baby, I know we´ll never be parting
You won´t leave me in a heartache
Beckoning disarray

Strange things have happened before
But oh this love, gives me more than I ever
Bargained for
Lifts me up cause I know
He won´t mess a good thing


Y TU SOMBRA

Imagino que estás conmigo
Hasta el amanecer
Y tu sombra no se desprende de mi
Paso el día un tanto perdida
Hasta el anochecer
Y tu sombra no se desprende de mi

Alguien quiso despertar
Este dulce sueño
No me hablen de realidad
Que al fondo me despeño

Imagino que estás dormido
Solo unos minutos más
Y ya no tardas en despertar

Alguien quiso despojar
Al sol de sus destellos
No me hablen de realidad
Si soñar es bello

Imagino que estás dormido
Solo unos minutos más
Y ya no tardas en despertar
Y tu sombra no se desprende de mi
Y tu sombra no se desprende de mi

GARRICK

 

Yo vi la función
Fui testigo de aquella ovación
Eran mil, talvez más
Sin sospechar jamás
Sufrían del spleen
Escapaban de un ocio sin fin
El remedio infalible
Era ver al gran Garrick

Marionetas saltan y las ponen a bailar
Empieza la comedia y todos ríen sin parar
Ja, ja, ja, ja

Al poco tiempo un señor
Ante un médico se presentó
Su mirada oscura y triste decía
Que moría por morir
Siguió una larga interrogación
Y al ver que nada le causaba emoción
El médico exclamó
Tu mal se ha de extinguir
Al ver al gran Garrick

Marionetas saltan y las ponen a bailar
Empieza la comedia y todos ríen sin parar
Ja, ja, ja, ja

El hombre sonrió
Con ojos húmedos:
"Yo no me curo así...
Yo soy Garrick!"

MEAN OLD CIRCUS

Traveling far, through the meadows and woods, hearing cries, echoes and woos...
Laughter and chants going down where the joker's play...a harrowing blues
Nonchalant I remain
In that old circus train
The sweet bitter taste...

Mean old circus
Mean old circus
Mean old circus be my twisted road
Be the answer
Be the answer
My solution to the great unknown

A sweet illusion...lost in confusion
A new connection to my perception
A dancing horse´s feathered crown
Where all the painted suns go down
Another curtain...a camel´s burden
A new pretension toward my invention
A song that cries for calliopes
Comes so naturally
It comes so naturally

A revelation ...for conversation
A new permission for my religion
A sleeping lion´s lion dream
In my forsaken evil schemes
In books and movies...keep talking to me
A new direction for my correction
We´ll dance across a silver thread
Put the sky to bed...put the sky to bed...

FIN

No hubo nada que decir
Andaba solo por ahí
La lluvia no ha dejado ni un rastro de tí
En esta noche yo perdí

Limpiar mi brazos intenté
Con lo que tanto le abracé
Borrar la historia y acabarla de una vez
En esta noche la enterré

Ya no importa lo que fui
Todo lo bueno tiene un fin
Doy mi espalda a ese ayer
Y en esta noche empezaré

Su amor fue una dura lección
Y esque aqui adentro duele esa ilusión
Sobran dudas que hoy no quiero entender
Por esta noche así me iré

Ya no importa lo que fui
Todo lo bueno tiene un fin
Doy la espalda a ese ayer
Y en esta noche empezaré


AVE QUE EMIGRA

Vengo desde muy lejos
Buscando el azul del cielo
Siguiendo predicamentos
Vengo desde muy lejos

Recuerdos desde mi infancia
Que a veces parten el alma
Mi Guate nunca la olvido
La llevo siempre conmigo

Cansados de estar corriendo
En tiempos de cacería
Alzo en alto mi vuelo
Como el ave que emigra

Vengo desde muy lejos
Buscando el azul del cielo
Siguiendo predicamentos
Vengo desde muy lejos

Y como uno se aferra
A un pedazo de tierra
Tarde o temprano llega
Arde el aire sin tregua

Cansados de estar corriendo
En tiempos de cacería
Alzo en alto mi vuelo
Como el ave que emigra

SING ME LIFE

Sing the ups
Sing the downs
And the silent people shaking the grounds
Sing the faith
Sing the truth
Burning fire in the belly of youth
Sing the progress
And some missteps
While we're making our way
Somedays it's so hard to escape the dark cloud
Hovering over our heads

 

I'm not gonna let them change my view
I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
Not this time, not any time,
I'm gonna sing me life
That's what I'm gonna do

 

Sing the bright day
From a long night
And a tunnel giving way to the light
Sing the good deeds
And the fowl plays
And crosses carried we all pay
There's a problem in our system
Souls can't fight the disease
But somedays it's so hard to escape the dark cloud
Hovering over our heads

 

I'm not gonna let them change my view
I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
not this time, not any time,
I'm gonna sing me life
That's what I'm gonna do

 

Instrumental

 

I'm not gonna let them change my view
I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
Not this time, not any time,
I'm gonna sing me life
That's what I'm gonna do
(And you should too)

 

LEJOS

Llevame hasta el silencio
Donde pueda encontrar solo el ruido del mar
Nada puede detener la corriente de ti
Me voy lejos de aquí

Me voy lejos de aquí
Así no puedo vivir
Sin preguntas
Sin marcha atrás
Me voy lejos de aquí
Nada más que decir

No  hay suficiente aire
Que llene mi mente mi ser
Los elementos van a terminar
Con la ecuación de las parte que es elemental
Me voy lejos de aquí

Me voy lejos de aquí
Así no puedo vivir
Sin preguntas
Sin marcha atrás
Me voy lejos de aquí
Nada más que decir
Ya no puedo fingir...


NO REGRETS

Tanto que hacer
Hay tanto que hacer
Me siento bien
No hay tiempo que perder
Tanto que ver
Hay tanto que ver
Cuál ser mi hazaña
Al abrir mis pestañas?

Sabes, paso todo mi día
Pensando en ti
Si, pensando en ti
Río, en tus aguas me quiero sumergir
Desde hoy no me voy a arrepentir
Desde hoy no me voy a arrepentir

So much to do
So much to do
I´m willing and able
No time to lose
So much to see
You know there´s so much to see
´Neath a carnival sky
Oh, the jubilee

Notice, I´m always
Filling the days
With you on my mind
Yes, you on my mind
River of joy you won´t let my heart dry up
From now on promise you no regrets
There´ll be no regrets

Daydream by Design

Bursting up above
A silouhette, a dove
All the beauty rising
Hiding any traces of the burden
We left behind
Living in a daydream by design

Ashes in the ground
Daisies grow around
Other things will fall back
Half a block from where your dreams were bound
Just turn around
Living in a daydream by design

 

Changing like the seasons and the fashions
Fragile hearts of porcelain
All the vintage photographs and captions
Scrawled across the sun
A covenant of one

 

Open up our eyes
The future´s in disguise
In the hobo jungle
Roaming like two moons up in the sky
We're gettin' by just fine
Living in a daydream by design

 

Instrumental

 

Changing like the seasons and the fashions
Fragile hearts of porcelain
All the vintage photographs and captions
Scrawled across the sun
A covenant of one

 

Open up our eyes
The future´s in disguise
In the hobo jungle
Roaming like two moons up in the sky
We're gettin' by just fine
Living in a daydream by design
Living in a daydream by design

 

 

 

 

 

STILL THE UNKNOWN (2008)

 

LITTLE SORROW

 

Little Sorrow

Little Pain

When you gonna go away?

Cause I've been holding way too long

Don't think my hands are built that strong

In silence I wait

But you keep on knockin' at my door

 

One of these days

Something's gonna wake me up

I'm gonna hold on to it

One of these days

No more will I be

Swept up by the current

 

Midnight hour

Calls me On

Makes me sing this sad, sad song

Little Sorrow

Little Pain

Tell me, tell me when's it gonna end?

 

You see my glee's asleep

But you keep on tuggin' at my sleeve

 

 

 

LETTER TO A MAD WOMAN

 

A letter came to him today

Said he really should obey

What an utter outrage

Someone could think that way

She said you better start to pray

If all you people wanna get saved

"We're perfection, you're a disgrace

Make no mistake"

 

He's just passing the days

Trying not to feel blue

But it's all he can stand

They keep on feeding him the lies

Nothing else he can do

But to hope and to pray for this nonsense to change

But it won't so he's back in his gloom..

 

Sir you mean to imply

What I've said it's all a lie

Can you look me in the eye

And justify

Well I think you've all gone mad

There's so much loving to be had

Change your tune and I'll be glad

Tolerance ain't no fad

 

He's just passing the days

Trying not to feel blue

But it's all he can stand

They keep on feeding him the lies

Nothing else he can do

But to hope and to pray for this nonsense to change

But it won't so he's back in his room...

 

You offer solution

I'm hearing confusion

You stand there so proud and confident

I'm only one person

It could be so much worse

You say I must change what I believe it's true

 

They keep on feeding us the lies

Nothing else for us to do

But to hope and to pray for this dust to disappear

So we all see a little more clear

 

 

 

WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD

 

Hearing it all through the wall

Cover their ears they're too small

"Babies don't cry it will all go away

He just needs some help, he'll be better someday"

He's been God knows where

But he can go to hell for all she cares

"Baby don't go you know we've been here before

I'd rather you put the fist to the door.

I can't keep telling myself this will change

You're never gonna change"

 

Some are walking and their eyes are closed

Self satisfied they think they know

Let me tell you that they're walking on

The wrong side of the road

The wrong side of the road

 

His eyes are ablaze once again

She's deflecting disaster

She knows how it's gonna end

"Baby no more, I'm tired of lying for you

Everyone knows what you've put us through.

I can't keep telling myself this will change

You're never gonna change"

 

Some are walking and their eyes are closed

Self satisfied they think they know

Let me tell you that they're walking on

The wrong side of the road

Some are living like a big old lie

They think they're right and try to patronize

I gotta tell you they keep dwelling on

The wrong side of the road

 

Some are singin' like it's la, la, la...

Find them sobbin' and it's wha, wha, wha...

 

 

 

SONG OF YOU

 

If I could have one wish

If I could be granted this

I know just what I'd do

I would unwind the world

Go back to that boy and girl

And sing a song of you

 

Under the banyan tree

There by the silver sea

We would be singing...ooh...ooh..ooh

Over the twilight blue

The eyes that I stared into

They shine and they sing a song of you

 

I wonder where you are

If in your secret heart

You still hear that melody

Go on and close your eyes

Lay down to dream tonight

You know where I'll be

 

 Under the banyan tree

There by the silver sea

We would be singing...ooh...ooh..ooh

Over the twilight blue

The eyes that I stared into

They shine and they sing a song of you

 

I'd give it all to sing a song of you...

Over the twilight blue

The eyes that I stared into

They shine and they sing a song of you

 

 

 

SINCE YOU CAME ALONG

 

Tick, tock swing pendulum

Think, stop it's all humdrum

It wasn't part of the scheme

But I'm just gonna say it now..

I'm not gonna run

I'm not gonna play dumb

I'm lost in a spacey song

Since you came along

 

Hurt, beat by the selfish crowd

My friend, they wore me out

They left me spent

Without a cent

But I'm not bent no more

Feel like nothing can go wrong

Since you came along

 

They skies are glimmering as clouds roll by

Let out a sigh, fall in your arms

And if you should forget it, let me say it again

I love you my baby

You're my dream delay

 

 

 

AMAPOLA

 

De amor en los hierros de tu reja

De amor escuché la triste queja

De amor que solo en mi corazón

Diciéndome así con su dulce canción

 

Amapola, lindísima amapola

Será siempre mi alma tuya sola

Yo te quiero amada niña mía

Igual que ama la flor la luz del día

Amapola, lindísima amapola

No seas tan ingrata y ámame

Amapola, amapola

Cómo puedes tu vivir tan sola?

 

Amapola, my pretty little poppy

Must copy it's endearing

Charm from you

Amapola, amapola

How I long to hear you say I love you

 

 

 

STILL THE UNKNOWN

 

All systems go

Lights below

Far away

Looking out the window

Searching for your home

And it's never to late

To call on your strength

And if all else should fail

There's still the unknown

 

On and on, go along

Don't be scared by being along

On and on, go along

If all else should fail

There's still the unknown

 

Uncharted course

Leading you on and

You follow without question or cause or consequence

Is there any choice at all?

And should you lose your north

Just look to the stars above

 

 

 

GREENHORNE MAN

 

Baby you got to understand

Baby here's got just one demand

Got my head buried in the sand

It never works out like lover's planned

You're pretty damn smart for a greenhorne man

You're pretty damn smart for a greenhorne man

 

You came around and everything changed

Wasn't hard to see it

Made me a true believer

 

Getting all shaky when you're near

Sensing the change in the atmosphere

Loving your style boy, so sincere

Ain't no way anyone could interfere

 

Baby you got to understand

Baby here's got just one demand

Tell me you'll be my only man

Nothing could change that

 

 

 

LA VEZ QUE NO ME PUDE ATREVER

 

Y la historia va

No fui capaz

Y decidí callar

Y desde entonces no me deja en paz

Quisiera otra oportunidad

 

Ya se acerca el duro pesar

En desfile y tropas de cien

Siempre me viene a recordar

La vez que no me pude atrever

 

El sol bajó

El cielo lloró

Yo sigo con mi canción

Y una gran inundación

Por no tragar mi orgullo, pasó...

 

 Ya se acerca el duro pesar

En desfile y tropas de cien

Siempre me viene a recordar

La vez que no me pude atrever

Aquella vez que no pude

 

Ver el brillo te tus pupilas, lo se

Con el viento, sí, con el viento se fue

Qué amarga curiosidad

Por siempre será un misterio

 

Los años huyeron sin piedad

Y mi cohete nunca pudo despegar

Nunca hubo despedida

Me quedé vacía

Con el boleto en mano

Con el boleto en mano

 

 

 

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE

 

You don't hear it when I talk

You got your mind out for a walk

Nothing is ever done

Nothing is ever fun

 

I don't have the energy

Cause I'm so sick of you and me

So listen and I'll explain

You're just not worth the pain

 

It's been a pleasure, fun beyond measure

I'm truly grateful, now blow away

You've been so lovely, considerate of me

Consider it over, just blow away

Cause you won't even be

A distant memory to me

Yeah to me

You'll never be

 

We didn't really lose it all

Cause we had nothing but a ball

So much for yesterday

Now you're just in the way

 

It's been a pleasure, fun beyond measure

I'm truly grateful, now blow away

You've been so lovely, considerate of me

Consider it over, just blow away

Cause you won't even be

A distant memory to me

 

Don't look back

Forget my name

You'll find no one here to blame

Did your part

And I did mine

Now it's way past closing time