That somebody tell me if they've seen my husband
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His name's Ernesto X, he's forty years old
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He works as a guard at a car dealership
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He was wearing a dark shirt and light pants
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He went out the night before last and hasn't come back
And I don't know what to think anymore
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Because this hadn't happened to me before
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I've spent three days looking for my sister
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Her name's Altagracia, same as Grandma
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She left work for school
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She was wearing jeans and a light shirt
It hasn't been her boyfriend
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They don't know about her at the PSN or at the hospital
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That somebody tell me if they've seen my son
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His name's Agustín and he's a good kid
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Sometimes he's stubborn when he speaks his mind
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They've arrested him, I don't know which force
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Light pants, striped shirt
It happened the day before yesterday
Where do the disappeared go?
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Search in the water and in the bushes
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And why is it that they disappear?
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Why aren't we all the same?
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And when does the disappeared come back?
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Each time the thought brings him back
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How does one talk to the disappeared?
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With emotion squeezing inside
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Clara, Clara, Clara, Clara Quiñones is my mother's name
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She is, she is a soul of God
She doesn't mess with anybody
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And they've taken her as a witness
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Over a matter that's only with me
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And she went to hand me something this afternoon
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And now they say they don't know who took her
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Last night I heard several explosions
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Shotgun and revolver fire
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Cars speeding, brakes, screams
Echo of boots in the street
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Knocking on doors like gods, broken dishes
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They were showing the soap opera
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That's why nobody looked outside
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Where do the disappeared go?
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Search in the water and in the bushes
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And why is it that they disappear?
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Why aren't we all the same?
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And when does the disappeared come back?
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Each time the thought brings him back
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How does one talk to the disappeared?
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With emotion squeezing inside