Me gusta estar al lado del camino
Fumando el humo mientras todo pasa
Me gusta abrir los ojos y estar vivo
Tener que vérmelas con la resaca
Entonces navegar se hacer preciso
En barcos que se estrellen en la nada
Vivir atormentado de sentido
Creo que ésta, sí, es la parte más pesada

En tiempos donde nadie escucha a nadie
En tiempos donde todos contra todos
En tiempos egoístas y mezquinos
En tiempos donde siempre estamos solos
Habrá que declararse incompetente
En todas las materias de mercado
Habrá que declararse un inocente
O habrá que ser abyecto y desalmado

Yo ya no pertenezco a ningún ismo
Me considero vivo y enterrado
Yo puse las canciones en tu walkman
El tiempo a mí me puso en otro lado
Tendré que hacer lo que es y no debido
Tendré que hacer el bien y hacer el daño
No olvides que el perdón es lo divino
Y errar a veces suele ser humano

No es bueno nunca hacerse de enemigos
Que no estén a la altura del conflicto
Que piensan que hacen una guerra
Y se hacen pis encima como chicos
Que rondan por siniestros ministerios
Haciendo la parodia del artista
Que todo lo que brilla en este mundo
Tan solo les da caspa y les da envidia

Yo era un pibe triste y encantado
De Beatles, Caña Legui y maravillas
Los libros, las canciones y los pianos
El cine, las traiciones, los enigmas
Mi padre, la cerveza, las pastillas
Los misterios, el whisky malo
Los óleos, el amor, los escenarios
El hambre, el frío, el crimen,
El dinero y mis diez tías
Me hicieron este hombre enreverado

Si alguna vez me cruzas por la calle
Regálame tu beso y no te aflijas
Si ves que estoy pensando en otra cosa
No es nada malo, es que pasó una brisa
La brisa de la muerte enamorada
Que ronda como un ángel asesino
Mas no te asustes siempre se me pasa
Es solo la intuición de mi destino

Me gusta estar a un lado del camino
Fumando el humo mientras todo pasa
Me gusta regresarme del olvido
Para acordarme en sueños de mi casa
Del chico que jugaba a la pelota
Del 49585
Nadie nos prometió un jardín de rosas
Hablamos del peligro de estar vivo

No vine a divertir a tu familia
Mientras el mundo se cae a pedazos, oh
Me gusta estar al lado del camino
Me gusta sentirte a mi lado, oh
Me gusta estar al lado del camino
Dormirte cada noche entre mis brazos

Al lado del camino
Al lado del camino
Al lado del camino
Es más entretenido y más barato, oh-oh
Al lado del camino
Al lado del camino


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    i love this song!!!!

    findhimon August 02, 2007   Link

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