Jorge Drexler "Bolivia" lyrics

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Bolivia

Europa, 1939Todos decían que no en las cancillerías(Años de guerra calienteVarios años antes de la guerra fría)

Todos decían que noCuando dijo que sí Bolivia

Berlín era un nido de ratasEl paladín de la bravata, gritabaLlenaba estadiosDe un árido erial de desvarío arioUn árido erial de desvarío ario

Las puertas se iban cerrandoEl tiempo colgaba de un peloY aquel niño en los brazos de mis abuelos

Y el pánico era evidenteY todo lo presagiaba:El miedo ganaba cauceAbría fauces, vociferabaY entonces llegó del fríoEn pleno glaciar hirienteUna insólita vertiente de agua tibia:

Todos decían que noCuando dijo que sí Bolivia

Y el péndulo viene y vaY vuelve a venir e irseY tras alejarse vuelveY tras volver, se distanciaY cambia la itineranciaY los barcos van y vienenY quienes hoy todo tienenMañana por todo imploranY la noria no demoraEn invertir los destinosEn refrescar la memoria

Y los caminos de idaEn caminos de regresoSe transforman, porque eso:Una puerta giratoriaNo más que eso, es la historia.

Bolivia

Europe, 1939Everyone in the chancelleries was saying no(Years of hot warSome years before the cold war)

Everyone was saying noWhen Bolivia said yes

Berlin was a rats' nestThe guardian of bravado, it was shoutingIt filled stadiumsOf an arid wasteland of Aryan deliriumAn arid wasteland of Aryan delirium

The doors were closingTime hung by a threadAnd that boy in my grandparents' arms

And the panic was evidentAnd everything was portending it:Fear was gaining directionIt was opening jaws, it was yellingAnd then the cold arrivedIn the middle of a biting glacierAn incredible stream of warm water:

Everyone was saying noWhen Bolivia said yes

And the pendulum comes and goesAnd again comes and leavesAnd after moving away, returnsAnd after returning, moves awayAnd the traveling changesAnd the ships go and comeAnd those who have everything todayWill beg for everything tomorrowAnd the Ferris wheel does not delayIn inverting destiniesIn refreshing memory

And paths of departureTransform themselvesInto paths of returnBecause of this:A revolving doorNo more than that, it's history.

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