jueves, 14 de abril de 2011

Fandango republicano

Mientras que haya un hambriento
Que no hablen de igualdad
Mientras que haya un hambriento
Ya se encarga el capital
La monarquía y el clero
Que haya desigualdad

Como buen republicano
Tengo las ideas muy claras
Como buen republicano
Ya está bien de tantas lacras
Que llevan miles de años
Viviendo de otras espaldas

De cachorro lo aprendí
A orientarme con el viento
De cachorro lo aprendí
Ahora que soy perro viejo
Me es más fácil distinguir
A los lobos desde lejos

Se le nota en la mirada
Al que es tonto, tonto, tonto
Se le nota en la mirada
Y al falso con mala sangre
No le acierta la jugada
Ni su puñetera madre

Nos enseñan a matar
Mucho más que a sembrar un árbol
Nos enseñan a matar
Y los que nos revelamos
Sólo nos queda gritar
Ni guerra, ni dios, ni amo

El mar presume de hondura
Y el tiempo de su saber
El mar presume de hondura
El viento de su poder
La tierra de su estatura
Y el hombre no sé de qué

Le he cantado a casi todo
Lo que me ha dado que pensar
Le he cantado a casi todo
Y ahora le voy a cantar
A la que nunca existió
La paloma de la paz

Piden tierra y se la niegan
Tierra para trabajar
Piden tierra y se la niegan
Hay otros que piden más
Armas para hacer la guerra
Y a esos sí que se las dan

El Cabrero

jueves, 10 de marzo de 2011

You'll have to scream louder

Yes I know you're unhappy
Yes I know you've been crying
Can't you see by my eyes
That I've been crying too
But you'll have to scream louder
Because no one is listening
You can scream, you can shout
Don't expect to be heard
You'll have to scream louder
You'll have to scream louder

Children are playing
While we're building weapons
But our toys are better
'Cause our toys are real
And it makes me feel angry
I feel so ashamed

You'll have to scream louder

I've got no respect for
People in power
They make their decisions
From their ivory towers
And I feel a hatred
It's growing inside
And there's nowhere to run to
'Cause there's nowhere to hide
You'll have to scream louder

Can't you see that I'm crying?
Do you think I'm pretending?
Can't you see by my eyes
These tears are real
And it makes me feel angry
I feel so helpless
And I feel so ashamed
I don't know what to do for the best
I'll have to scream louder
Yes I'll have to scream louder

If your conscience don't catch you
Then something else will

Count to one hundred
Hope you don't get killed
The war may be over
But the next one's for real
You'll have to scream louder

You'll have to scream louder
And I feel so angry
I feel so ashamed

I've got no respect for
People in power
They make their decisions
From their ivory towers
And I feel so frightened
And I feel so violent


martes, 8 de marzo de 2011

Woman is the Nigger of the World

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it...do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be slave ,we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While putting her down we pretend that she is above us
Woman is the nigger of the world...
Yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Ah yeah...you better screem about it

We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she would be
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of the world...
Yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Oh Yeah (think about it)
We insult her everyday on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of the world...
Yes she is
If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Yes she is...if you belive me,
you better screem about it.

John & Yoko


sábado, 11 de diciembre de 2010

The Power of Song

My dirty stream
(The Hudson River Song)

Sailing down my dirty stream
Still I love it and I'll keep the dream
That someday, though maybe not this year
My Hudson River will once again run clear

It starts high on the mountains of the north
crystal clear and icy trickles forth
With just a few floating wrappers of chewing gum
dropped by some hickers to warn of things to come

At Glens Falls,  five thousand honest hands
work at the consolidated paper plant
Five millions gallons of waste a day
why should we do it any other way?
Down the valley one million toilet chains
Find my Hudson so convenient place to drain
And each little city says, "Who, me?
Do you think that sewage plants come free?"

Out in the ocean they say the water's clear, but I live right at Beacon here
Half way between the mountains and sea
Tacking to and fro, this thought returns to me

Well it's sailing up my dirty stream
Still I love it and I'll dream
That some day, though maybe not this year
My Hudson river and my country will run clear
Pete Seeger 
 
 

sábado, 16 de octubre de 2010

El hombre-mono tenía razón

Apeman

I think I'm sophisticated 'cos I'm living my life like a good homo sapiens
But all around me everybody's multiplying and they're walking round like flies, man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo, man
'cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an apeman

I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilised 'cos strict vegetarian
And with the over population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an apeman

I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an apeman
I'm a king-kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm a apeman
Compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an apeman
La, la, la, la...

In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble
But give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cos the only time that I feel at ease
is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh, what a life of luxury, to be like an apeman

I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an apeman
I'm a king-kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm a apeman

I look out the window but I can't see the sky
'cos the air pollution is a fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an apeman

Come and love me, be my apeman girl
And we'll be so happy in my apeman world

I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an apeman
I'm a king-kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm a apeman

I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
And we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an apeman