Professor Life
(Spoken:"All the events condemned him. The anecdotes and memories were speaking badly of him.With his eyes buried in the floor, suffering the bad moves of his existence, Ramiro went through the streets of his neighborhood. The same corner, with the same scent. All the events condemned him.However, nobody was speaking about his solitude, of those years in prison. Of the things he did, and stopped doing. Of his eternal bad luck.Standing in the corner, Ramiro answered the questions nobody ever asked him.After all, old age was his only prize;The same reward his father Carmelo received,The only reward that his son Rafael would most surely receive.It is a night of May, 1970. Ramiro is still in the corner.Alone, as always")
Professor Life
To your school I arrivedWithout understanding why did I arrive
In your classrooms I findThousands of paths and dilemmas
And I learn a lotAnd I learn nothing
Professor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youProfessor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you
I pass sunny, light and rainy days by
I pass dark and moonlit nights by
I pass by affirming and denyingI pass by with doubts
Among laughs and bitternessesSearching why and when
Professor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youProfessor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you
Professor Life, of justices and injusticesOf good deeds and malicesI still can't get to understand youProfessor life, that surely doesn't forgiveI go searching between your hoursThe mirror of the times, to see your feelingsAnd understand your things
And I saw thorns, and I saw rosesI saw loved ones dieI saw beauties, I was a witness of misdeeds and warsI saw the good of the earthAnd I saw famine and MiseryBetween drama and ComedyI advanced between water and fireAnd I remember God firstOnly when I'm in the verge of dyingOr sometimes when I'm sadBut never when I'm happy.
No gratitude ever lastsTo the one who gives us helpAs soon as the nail comes off of usThe suffering has been forgotten
(Professor Life, comrade!)
And I have friends, known people and enemiesLovers who have loved meAnd faces who refuse to see meI found myself facing DeathIn its eyes I saw the meaningAnd with the fear with meThis way I learned to love youAnd today I know nothing's safeFor everything is temporaryDeath is the messengerThat comes in with the last hourAnd time never stopsNot even for love or for moneyDeath is the messengerThat comes in with the last hourAnd time never stopsNot even for love or for money
(Carmelo!)
Professor LifeI leave, chasing timeJust to see if I find answersBefore the time I dieEven though I'm giving upTo this fatal reality...
Professor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youProfessor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you
Professor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youProfessor Life, comradeIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you
It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives youIt gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you
Oh, Professor Life, comrade(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Hey, when you least expect it(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Comes the surprise, comrade(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
And see, time never stops(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Not for love nor for money(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Death, My friend, death is the messenger(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
That, that, that comes with the last hour(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
When Carmelo Died...(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
I felt, such a deep pain...(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
That I can't find anything in this world...(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
That can ever console me(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Carmelo!(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)
Carmelo!(It gives you and takes away from you, It takes away from you and gives you)