"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only...
ADIOS, MARIA
(Requiem for a friend)
ADIOS, MARIA
(Requiem for a friend)
As a young girl coming of age
In the Las Prietas hood
You learned to throw
To make it,
And get respect
You grew all too quickly there
And had your kids
When you were just a child, too
And leaving school, to fend off life
And earn the daily bread
You worked in bars, en los congales, too
Rough days, the hurly-burly of
Cantina pleitos
You endured, and sometimes grew inured
Bar brawls, and botellasos,
Y los plomasos
Were a part of life
As were conjuntos, chancles,y las movidas;
As were conjuntos, chancles,y las movidas;
The one-night romances, the furtive eye
Then you found him
And settled down
Sentates cabeza, mi Maria
Like most cantina girls will never do
And then that day, in peace
And home and hearth
Watching TV, with him
You felt your breath come short
And choked, and wheezed
And despite all that he did
To clear your breath,
It was for naught
And you met death
After the knife fights, shootouts
And brawls that you survived
In countless tawdry joints...
A piece of onion clogging your air
Is how you died
Adios, mi linda
Adios Maria
Descansa en paz
Cause no one knows...
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