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Johnny, no sabe por qué

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OriginaleTraduzione inglese da “Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin...
JOHNNY, NO SABE POR QUÉ

Nació en un barrio cerca del agua,
mojó sus pies allí una mañana,
se dijo: “el mundo entero es mi casa”.

Miles de piedras a las ventanas,
besos bajo escaleras extrañas,
quizás un poco de marihuana
y una manopla y una navaja.

Johnny, no sabe por qué,
Willy, no sabe por qué,
Billy, no sabe por qué.

Lo fue a buscar un viejo con barbas,
de traje a rayas azul y blancas,
le dijo: ”The army is calling you, Asia”.

Pensó que allí Superman y Batman
por él habrían de sacar la cara:
todo sería como un día de playa.

La selva ajena ahora es su casa
y sintió sed allí una mañana,
se fue a acercar a un pozo de agua
y cayó en un hoyo de estacas.

JOHNNY, DON'T YOU KNOW WHY?

Born in a waterfront neighborhood,
He wet his feet there one morning,
And told himself: “The whole world is my home!”
Thousands of rocks at the windows,
Kisses under foreign stairways,
Maybe a little marijuana,
Some brass knuckles, and a pocket knife.

(Ch.)
Johnny, you don't know why
Billy, you don 't know why
Willy, you don 't know why.

He went to look for an old man with whiskers,
With blue and white striped suit,
Who told him: "The army is calling you, Asia!"
He was sure that Superman and Batman
Would always save face for him,
And everything would be like a day at the beach!

The alien jungle is now his home,
And, feeling thirsty there one morning,
He was going toward a well full of water,
And fell into a pit full of bamboo picks.


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