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Streetlamp lyrics by Homero Expósito music by Virgilio Expósito A humble neighborhood with houses that reflect its tin sorrow. A human neighborhood whose stories are sung in tangos while a distant clock chimes at two in the morning. A workers’ neighborhood, a corner filled with memories and a streetlamp… Oh, streetlamp— the things you must … Continue reading
An Emotion lyrics by José María Suñé music by Raúl Kaplún Come see what I bring to this marriage of words and melody: it’s the song that inspired me, an evocation that cradled me in its arms last night. It’s the voice of tango played on every streetcorner by those whose lives are ruled by an … Continue reading
May I Never Miss… lyrics by Hector Marcó music by Hector Morales The storm of the years has whitened your head, dear bright-eyed mother who lives and breathes for me. And Santa Rosa has come— it’s your Saint’s day and I want to give you a kiss more than I ever have before. A vaporous … Continue reading
Nothing lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti music by José Dames I’ve arrived at your house— I don’t know how I managed to, since they’ve told me you’re not here, that you will never return, since they’ve told me that you’re gone. There’s so much snow in my soul, there’s such silence at your door! When I … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 