I was dressed like a Habanero
You said goodbye with your gaze
While some Romeo was playing
On a balcony in old Havana
There’s nothing more dog than love
Because it always bites before it barks
My heart beat so hard
You told me “come” from the bar
And I told you, “girl, I’m buying you a mojito”
You made it crystal clear that that wasn’t how it went
And that was when I asked the Virgin
of Charity of Cobre to intercede for me
Suddenly, you changed your expression
You started seeing me as gallant, I told you “you’re my actress”
We were just two strangers and ten years have already gone by
My self-esteem was left skin and bones
“What the f*ck’s with you?” you told me
That so-called Romeo stopped playing
It was Silvio Rodríguez’s turn
And on the back of a blue unicorn
You got lost along the Malecón
I made the sign of the cross
You left me no other choice
And I told you, “girl, I’m buying you a mojito”
You made it crystal clear that that wasn’t how it went
And that was when I asked the Virgin
That the Virgin of Charity of Cobre would intercede for me
Suddenly, you changed your expression
You started seeing me as gallant, I told you “you’re my actress”
Later, we finally danced, I promised not to step on you
You were a hundred pounds of art and you started to heat me up
You drove me, my love, completely crazy
Your chocolate lips invited me to sin
You told me “we’re not all the same”
And my illegal hands began to shake
We were just two strangers and ten years have already gone by
Since we’ve been together
Because I came back to look for you
I asked you to forgive me, you made me kneel
Since we’ve been together
And at five below zero the clothes are still in the way
Since we’ve been together
I’m dying for your freckles
I graduated in your legs and I have a scholarship in your skin
Since we’ve been together
I go around tipping my hat
Peach skin, hot like rum, my sweet January flower
Since we’ve been together
Hey, Cuba is Cuba and the rest is nonsense
with Cuban frequency, Melendi
Since we’ve been together
for God’s sake, a huge mess broke out
Melendi with his love affairs, who would've thought?
Since we’ve been together
Come live in Havana, my buddy, oh God
Fire, the rumba party kicked off