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Artist: Carlos Gardel
Canonical path: /carlos-gardel/cartas-viejas
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Cartas Viejas
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Cartas Viejas
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Cartas viejas, aventuras del pasado
De un pasado que ya nunca volverá
Me pregunto para que las he guardado
Para qué si da tristeza recordar
Ilusiones que nos dieron la fragancia
Que llenaba el corazón primaveral
De la novia que tuvimos en la infancia
De la única que no nos hizo mal
Cartas viejas
Nadie sabe las historias
Que aquí dentro hay encerradas
Que jamás renacerán
De mujeres que eran buenas
De mujeres que eran malas
Y que nunca pude amar
Cartas viejas
Cuanto amor entre mis manos
Cuantos besos, cuantas citas
Que ya nunca volverán
Sin embargo de la ingrata
Que amé tanto
Ni una carta que me pueda consolar
Esta carta dice angustias que pasaron
Esta otra de un amor que regresó
Grandes ojos que rieron y lloraron
Todo dicen estas cartas de pasión
Ya en mi ocaso con la sien encanecida
Quiero ver en una hoguera tanto amor
Que su llama de igual modo que en la vida
Me reanime hoy que ha muerto el corazón
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