Jorge Drexler "Guitarra y Vos" lyrics

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Guitarra y Vos

Que viva la ciencia,Que viva la poesia!Que viva siento mi lenguaCuando tu lengua está sobre la lengua mía!El agua esta en el barro,El barro en el ladrillo,El ladrillo está en la paredY en la pared tu fotografia.

Es cierto que no hay arte sin emoción,Y que no hay precisión sin artesania.Como tampoco hay guitarras sin tecnología.Tecnología del nylon para las primas,Tecnología del metal para el clavijero.La prensa, la gubia y el barniz:Las herramientas de un carpintero.

El cantautor y su computadora,El pastor y su afeitadora,El despertador que ya está anunciando la aurora,Y en el telescopio se demora la última estrella.La maquina la hace el hombre...Y es lo que el hombre hace con ella.

El arado, la rueda, el molino,La mesa en que apoyo el vaso de vino,Las curvas de la montaña rusa,La semicorchea y hasta la semifusa,El té, los ordenadores y los espejos,Los lentes para ver de cerca y de lejos,La cucha del perro, la mantequilla,La yerba, el mate y la bombilla.

Estás conmigo,Estamos cantando a la sombra de nuestra parra.Una canción que dice que uno sólo conserva lo que no amarra.Y sin tenerte, te tengo a vos y tengo a mi guitarra.

Hay tantas cosasYo sólo preciso dos:Mi guitarra y vosMi guitarra y vos.

Hay cines,Hay trenes,Hay cacerolas,Hay fórmulas hasta para describir la espiral de una caracola,Hay más: hay tráfico,Créditos,Cláusulas,Salas vip,Hay cápsulas hipnóticas y tomografias computarizadas,Hay condiciones para la constitución de una sociedad limitada,Hay biberones y hay obúses,Hay tabúes,Hay besos,Hay hambre y hay sobrepeso,Hay curas de sueño y tisanas,Hay drogas de diseño y perros adictos a las drogas en las aduanas.

Hay manos capaces de fabricar herramientasCon las que se hacen máquinas para hacer ordenadoresQue a su vez diseñan máquinas que hacen herramientasPara que las use la mano.

Hay escritas infinitas palabras:Zen, gol, bang, rap, Dios, fin...

Hay tantas cosasYo sólo preciso dos:Mi guitarra y vosMi guitarra y vos.

Guitar and You

Long live science,long live poetry!Long live-- I feel my tongueWhen your tongue is on my tongue!The water is in the clay,The clay is in the brick,The brick is in the wall,And on the wall your photograph.

It's true there's no art without emotion,And there's no precision without craftwork.Nor are there guitars without technology.Nylon technology for the strings,Metal technology for the pegbox.The press, the gouge, and the veneer:The tools of a carpenter.

The singer-songwriter and his computer,The pastor and his razor,The alarm clock that already announces the dawn,And in the telescope the last star is late.The machine makes man...And it is what man does with it.

The plow, the wheel, the mill,The table that holds the glass of wine,The curves of the Russian mountain,The sixteenth note and even the fourth,The tea, the computers, and the mirrors,The glasses to see near and far,The dog kennel, the butter,The herb, the mate tea, and the lightbulb.

You're with me,We're singing to the shadow of our vine.A song that says one only keeps what one does not catch.And not having you, I have you and I have my guitar.

There are so many thingsI need only two:My guitar and youMy guitar and you.

There are theaters,There are trains,There are saucepans,There are formulas even to describe a snail's spiral,There's more: there is traffic,Credit,Clauses,VIP rooms,There are hypnotic capsules and computerized CAT scans,There are conditions for the constitution of an LLC,There are baby's bottles and there are mortars,There are taboos,There are kisses,There is hunger and there is overweight,There are sleep cures and herbal tea cures,There are designer drugs and drug-addicted dogs at customs.

There are hands that can make toolsWith those that become machines to make computersThat at the same time design machines that make toolsSo that the hand can use them.

There are infinite written words:Zen, goal, bang, rap, God, end...

There are so many thingsI need only two:My guitar and youMy guitar and you.

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