Fito Paez — El Chico de la Tapa song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Chico de la Tapa" by Fito Paez.

Lyrics

Tercer Mundo
El Chico De La Tapa
El chico de la tapa ayer
vendia flores en Corrientes
despues perdio a su chica en una sala en algun hospital
y hoy amablemente y con una
gran sonrisa en los dientes
te para en la calle y si no le das
te manda a guardar.
Si la policia no lo trata
muy
decentemente, si los camioneros
no lo llevan hasta donde va el se vuelve al Docke caminando
muy tranquilamente con la 22 en el bolsillo del papel de armar.
Hace algunos años pateaba la calle
haciendo «La Paz» y vendiendo postales
El mundo esta lleno de hijos de puta y hoy especialmente esta llena la ruta
no voy a morir de amor.
El chico de la tapa tiene algunos
asuntos pendientes, su madre esta
de yiro y sus hermanos bebiendo en el bar
Y el sabado en la tarde el cancha se oye
un solo grito: Dock Sud ya tuvo un hijo y lo bautizaron Arsenal
Y pasan lo barbones, los snobs
y los
hincha pelotas, los tanques, las estrellas,
las revistas y la Federal.
Y yo me rio de todos en la cara son unos idiotas
un angel me vigila y me protege en esta ciudad
Yo siempre vivi en la boca del Diablo
naciendo, muriendo y resucitando
EL mundo esta lleno de hijos de puta
y hoy especialmente esta llena la ruta
No voy a morir de amor
no voy a morir de amor
no voy a morir de amor
no, no, no, no.

Lyrics translation

Third World
The Cap Boy
The cap boy yesterday
I used to sell flowers in Corrientes
then he lost his girl in a hospital ward.
and today kindly and with a
big smile on your teeth
he stops you on the street and if you don't give him
he sends you to guard.
If the police don't treat him
very
decently, if the truckers
they don't take him as far as he goes he goes back to the Docke walking
very quietly with the 22 in the pocket of the arming paper.
A few years ago I was kicking the street
making peace and selling postcards
The world is full of motherfuckers and today especially the route is full
I'm not gonna die of love.
The guy at the top has some
unfinished business, his mother is
de yiro and his brothers drinking in the bar
And on Saturday afternoon the court is heard
one cry: Dock Sud already had a son and he was baptized Arsenal
And they pass the bums, the snobs
and the
inflate balls, tanks, stars,
the magazines and the Federal.
And I laugh at everyone in the face they're idiots
an angel watches over me and protects me in this city
I've always lived in the Devil's mouth
born, dying and resurrected
The world is full of motherfuckers
and today especially the route is full
I won't die of love
I won't die of love
I won't die of love
no, no, no, no.