At five the bar at 33 shuts
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But Mario doesn't leave until six
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And if on top of that he has to balance the till, say goodbye
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Almost always daybreak catches him
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While María has already stood up
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She has done the house, she's even made coffee
And waits for him half naked
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Mario arrives tired and greets without much zeal
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He wants bed but a different variety
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And María wets her desire in the coffee
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Madeleines of convex sex
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Then off to work in a big department store
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When she comes back there's nothing but a box spring
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Taciturn that one uses in shifts
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Cross of switchblades for a woman
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Deadly gleams break at dawn
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Bloods that stain the sunrise mauve
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But today, since there's been a raid at the 33
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Mario comes back at ten to five
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Along his empty street, in the distance you only see
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Some lovers devouring each other with kisses
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Poor Mario wants to die
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When he gets closer to discover
That it's María with company
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Cross of switchblades for a woman
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Deadly gleams break at dawn
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Bloods that stain the sunrise mauve
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Over Mario face-down, three crosses
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One on the forehead, the one that hurt most
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Another on the chest, the one that killed him
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And another lies in the newscast
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Two drug addicts in full anxiety
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Rob and kill Mario Postigo
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While his wife is witness from the doorway
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Instead of a cross of switchblades for a woman
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Deadly gleams break at dawn
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Bloods that stain the sunrise mauve