la magia del recuerdo

Funny thing,
just came back from a party, everybody was dancing to the hits of yesterday, today, and
more of yesterday possibly.
We were in part of town where the mayor decided that parties end early, can I say this live? Las Condes.
Can you say De la Maza?
I´m sure one of my cousins, who shall remain nameless, would say, he doesn´t even deserve to have his name in capital letters.anyway

Cutting to the chase,
the night ended and the DJ played a song from the 80´s, called, El Baile de los que Sobran
the dance of those we can spare... something like that (as always, lost in translation).
It was a song about people who tried real hard, but did not have the connections, connections, and were lost along the way.
So what´s the point? Basically, the party I went to was populated mainly by the children of the local oligarchy, born after 1980 (space shuttle Columbia anyone?, Challenger?)
And they all sang along to lyrics such as
It´s just another night,
of walking for no reason
It´s just another end of the month
nothing new
Just like you
This year is the end
of the games, the dozen games
Join the dance
Of those who we can spare
no one really wanted to help
They told us when we were kids
play like you´re learning
Men are brothers,
and together they must work
you heard the teachings
all eyes on the teacher
there was so much sun, on our heads
but it was not so true, becasue those games
in the end
left some with a reputation and farmland
and left my friends kicking stones


etc etc

so much for my ramblings, been a while, eh?





El baile de los que sobran
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Es otra noche mas
de caminar
Es otro fin de mes
sin novedad
Tus amigos se quedaron

> igual que tu
Este ano se les acabaron
los juegos,los 12 juegos
unete al baile
De los que sobran
nadie nos quiso echar de mas
nadie nos quiso ayudar de verdad
Les dijeron cuando chico
jueguen a estudiar
Los hombres son hermanos
y juntos deben trabajar
Oias los consejos,los ojos en el profesor
Habia tanto sol sobre las cabezas
y no fue tan verdad porque esos juegos,al final
Terminaron para otros con laureles y futuros
y dejaron a mis amigos pateando piedras
Unete al baile
de los que sobran
Nadie los va a echar de mas
Nadie nos quiso ayudar de verdad
Hey,conozco unos cuentos
sobre el futuro
Hey,el tiempo en que los aprendi
fue mas seguro
Y barro los zapatos
barro mas cemento
y el futuro no es ninguno.