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Singer: Argentino LEDESMAComposer: Enrique Santos DiscépoloAuthor: Enrique Santos Discépolo

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Lyrics
No doy un paso más,
alma otaria que hay en mí,
me siento destrozao,
¡murámonos aquí!
Pa' qué seguir así,
padeciendo a lo fakir,
si el mundo sigue igual...
si el sol vuelve a salir...
La gente me ha engañao
desde el día en que nací.
Los hombres se han burlao,
la vieja la perdí...
No ves que estoy en yanta,
y bandeao por ser un gil...
Cachá el bufoso...
y chau... ¡vamo a dormir!

Tres esperanzas
tuve en mi vida,
dos eran blancas
y una punzó...
Una mi madre,
vieja y vencida,
otra la gente,
y otra un amor.

Tres esperanzas
tuve en mi vida
dos me engañaron,
y una murió...

No tengo ni rencor,
ni veneno, ni maldad
Son ganas de olvidar,
¡terror al porvenir!
Me he vuelto pa' mirar
y el pasao me ha hecho reír...
¡Las cosas que he soñao,
me cache en dié, qué gil!
Plantate aquí nomás,
alma otaria que hay en mí.
Con tres pa' qué pedir,
más vale no jugar...
Si a un paso del adiós
no hay un beso para mí
cachá el bufoso...
y chau...¡vamo a dormir!
English translation
I do not take another step,
Otarian soul in me,
I feel shattered,
let's die here!
Why go on like this,
suffering like a fakir,
if the world stays the same...
if the sun comes out again...
People have fooled me
since the day I was born.
Men have mocked me,
I've lost my old lady...
Can't you see that I'm in yanta,
and I'm in a bandeau for being a fool...
Cachá el bufoso...
and goodbye... let's go to sleep!

Three hopes
I had in my life,
two were white
and one was dotted...
One was my mother,
old and defeated,
another the people,
and another a love.

Three hopes
I had in my life
two deceived me,
and one died...

I have neither rancor
nor venom, nor malice
It's just a desire to forget,
terror of the future!
I've turned to look
and the past has made me laugh...
The things I've dreamed of,
what a fool!
Just stand here,
Otarian soul in me.
With three for what to ask,
it's better not to play...
If one step away from goodbye
there's no kiss for me
catch the buffoon...
and goodbye... let's go to sleep!

The Cabeceo