Patas Arriba Lyrics in English Alejo García
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Patas Arriba by Alejo García from Spanish to English.
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Son clases obligatorias
They are mandatory classes
La amnesia, la resignación
Amnesia, resignation
Sin examen de admisión
No admission exam
Te enseñan la desmemoria
They teach you forgetfulness
Es sorda siempre la historia
History is always deaf
No aprende de sus errores
He doesn't learn from his mistakes
Será que sus detractores
Will his detractors
Amañan todo a su antojo
They rig everything as they please
Nos dejan sólo despojos
They leave us only spoils
Y gozan de altos honores
And they enjoy high honors
Patas arriba, cabeza abajo
Legs up, head down
Por un atajo, el hombre iba, con su diatriba
For a shortcut, the man went, with his diatribe
Cabeciduro, sin darse cuenta
Cabeciduro, without realizing it
De la muerte lenta, de su futuro, recontra seguro
From the slow death, from the future of him, he is safe again
Un río triste, en su reflejo, se lo decía
A sad river, in the reflection of him, told him
Vos sos la peste, sos un pendejo, aunque te rías
You are the plague, you are an asshole, even if you laugh
Son los dueños del mercado
They are the owners of the market
Traficantes y banqueros
Traffickers and bankers
Malevaje financiero
Financial misfortune
Del crimen organizado
Of organized crime
Y es que están bien instalados
And they are well installed
Detrás de su inmunidad
Behind your immunity
Con dorada impunidad
With golden impunity
Se tranzan como alimañas
They crawl like vermin
Siempre triunfa quien engaña
He who deceives always triumphs
No es pura casualidad
It is not pure coincidence
Milicos condecorados
Decorated soldiers
Sus balas a quemarropa
Their point-blank bullets
Son todos la misma tropa
They are all the same troop
Mercenarios, diputados
Mercenaries, deputies
Por la paz cuantos tratados
For peace how many treaties
Si el cuento es la compraventa
If the story is the sale
Como suman a sus cuentas
How they add to your accounts
Las armas y municiones
Weapons and ammunition
Se reparten las naciones
Nations are divided
Y el globo que se revienta
And the balloon that bursts
Sigue siendo el gran debate
It is still the great debate
El derecho a arar la tierra
The right to plow the land
Sus dueños riman con guerra
Their owners rhyme with war
El mundo entero en remate
The whole world at auction
Ay! que triste disparate
Oh! what sad nonsense
Que pare ya la estampida
Let the stampede stop
Nuestra especie se suicida
Our species commits suicide
El sapiens la gran lumbrera
Sapiens the great luminary
Si a otra galaxia fuera
If I went to another galaxy
Sin duda sería extinguida
It would undoubtedly be extinguished
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