Rodrigo Gonzalez — Los Intelectuales song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Los Intelectuales" by Rodrigo Gonzalez.
Lyrics
En un lejano lugar retacado de nopales
Había unos tipos extraños llamados intelectuales
Se la pasaban leyendo para ser sabios y doctos
Pues no querían seguir siendo vulgares tipos autoctonos
Los veías en los cafés, llenos de libros profundos
Y en eventos culturales oían conciertos rotundos
Constantemente escribían poemas y cuentos cortos
Y aunque no los comprendían se quedaban conmonfortos
Si veías tal escritura te ibas bien apantallado
Porque con tal estructura te quedabas asustado
No sabían si eran marcianos, mexicanos o europeos
Ángeles, diablos o enanos, cardiacos o prometeos
Y así estos tipos extraños siempre estaban vacilando
Y hasta cuando iban al baño se la pasaban pensando
Pensaban cuando comían, en la escuela, en el camión
Pensaban cuando dormían, pensaban en el avión
Y entre tanto pensamiento, análisis y estructura
Decían conocer la neta y hasta también la locura
Pero al llegar a su casa se liaban con su mujer
Sintiéndose de otra raza nunca daban pa' comer
Y así en un lejano lugar retacado de nopales
Había unos tipos extraños llamados intelectuales
Y en un lejano lugar retacado de nopales
Había unos tipos extraños llamados intelectuales
Y aquí en un lejano lugar retacado de nopales
Había unos tipos extraños llamados intelectuales
Lyrics translation
In a far-off spot of nopales
There were some strange guys called intellectuals
They used to read it to be wise and learned
Well, they didn't want to be vulgar native guys anymore.
You saw them in cafes, full of deep books
And at cultural events they heard loud concerts
They constantly wrote poems and short stories
And though they did not understand them, they were comforted
If you saw such writing you would go well shielded
Because with such a structure you were scared
They didn't know if they were Martians, Mexicans or Europeans
Angels, devils or dwarves, cardiac or Prometheus
And so these strange guys were always hesitating
And even when they went to the bathroom they kept thinking
They thought when they ate, at school, in the truck
They thought when they slept, they thought about the plane
And between both thought, analysis and structure
They said they knew the net and even madness
But when they got home they were hooking up with his wife
Feeling of another race they never fed
And so in a faraway place of nopales
There were some strange guys called intellectuals
And in a far away spot of nopales
There were some strange guys called intellectuals
And here in a far-off spot of nopales
There were some strange guys called intellectuals