Periódico De Ayer Lyrics in English Héctor Lavoe

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Periódico De Ayer by Héctor Lavoe from Spanish to English.
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Chorus 1
Your love is yesterday's newspaper
That nobody bothers to read anymore
Sensational when it hit the stands in the early hours of the morning
By noon it was already confirmed news
And by the afternoon a forgotten story
Your love is yesterday's newspaper
Verse 1
It was the headline that filled an entire page
That's why they know you everywhere
Your name was a news clipping I kept
And I stuck it in my album of forgetfulness
Chorus 2
Your love is yesterday's newspaper
That nobody else bothers to read
The story that broke in the early hours
And the two of us became the news everybody spread
And by the afternoon a forgotten story
Your love is yesterday's newspaper
Take it now, Lola!
Outro 1
And why read yesterday's paper?
Hey, it's news everybody knows, I don't wanna read it
And why read yesterday's paper?
You were good for nothing, babe, and I tossed you in the trash can
And why read yesterday's paper?
Go away, walk away, get away from me, away from my side
And why read yesterday's paper?
You're La Prensa daily, word-of-mouth gossip
Shake it, double ugly!
Outro 2
And why read yesterday's paper?
Why would I read the story of a love I can't even believe?
And why read yesterday's paper?
I loved you, I had you, I kept you, but I don't love you anymore
And why read yesterday's paper?
I'm not going to your place, Polito, gimme a break and drop the chatter
And why read yesterday's paper?
In the album of my life, on a hidden page, that's where I found you
Outro 3
And why read yesterday's paper?
Come on, leave my side, sweet thing, I don't even wanna see you
And why read yesterday's paper?
What's wrong? You crying? Your soul is made of paper
And why read yesterday's paper?
And since paper holds anything, that's just how I treated you
And why read yesterday's paper?
Check out your own story, and then you'll understand
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SONG MEANING

Periódico de Ayer (Yesterday’s Newspaper) is Héctor Lavoe’s witty salsa headline about an expired romance. With the swagger of a newsboy on a busy San Juan corner, Lavoe tells his ex that her love was once sensational but is now as worthless as yesterday’s paper: exciting at dawn, confirmed by noon, forgotten by dusk. Each verse flips through the “pages” of their relationship, filing her name in the scrapbook of oblivion while the band’s brassy punches shout out playful insults and street-wise ad-libs.

Behind the catchy coro “¿y para qué leer un periódico de ayer?” lies a lesson in self-respect. Lavoe celebrates the freedom of moving on, urging listeners to toss out what no longer serves them and dance toward something fresh. The song’s irresistible groove turns heartbreak into a block-party parade, proving that sometimes the best way to recycle old news is to spin it on the dance floor.

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