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Life is Short lyrics by Francisco Gorrindo Let’s see, boys—I want to be joyful, I want to be dazed, so I don’t have to think. Life is short and you must live it, and just set reality aside. You must forget about sacrifice— what it costs to live, and to win your bread— and on these nights of … Continue reading
Every Time You Remember Me lyrics by José María Contursi music by Mariano Mores Like a grey ghost, weariness descended upon your heart, while it was still mine, and little by little it enshrouded you and little by little you distanced yourself… Though your love was great when you arrived, greater still was the sorrow … Continue reading
Forgotten lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo They killed poor Contreras! They had just gotten married—can you believe it? Juan Luz Mala jumped over the gate and went to steal him from his own wife… The deed was done on the patio of his ranch— the wedding feast was quite splendid but suddenly two daggers turned that … Continue reading
Returning lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera, music by Carlos Gardel I can make out the twinkling of the far-off lights that signal my return— the same ones whose pale reflections used to illuminate the deepest hours of my sorrow. And though I didn’t want to come back, you always return to your first love, the same old street where … Continue reading
Pacing Around Your Corner lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo Tonight I desperately want to go looking for her, to wipe our slate clean and just forgive her. (Tonight I desperately want to forget her, yet still I feel crazy urges to go looking for her!)* I never cared about the things they say, nor any of … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 