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Artist: Carlos Gardel
Canonical path: /carlos-gardel/corto-de-genio
Related lyric paths: 6
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Corto de Genio
Read Corto de Genio lyrics by Carlos Gardel on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Corto de Genio
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Se oye un gotán en la esquina
Compadrón y lastimero
Que un organito orillero
Entona en la puerta
De un ruin bodegón
Y más allá, junto al cerco
Una mujer la discute
A su taita que la engrupe
Con el viejo cuento
De un eterno amor
La luz amarillenta
De aquel farol mugriento
Que deja siempre al viento
Su mecha a querosén
Da vida así a la escena
Del cuadro callejero
Compadre arrabalero
De todo anochecer
Y cuando la percanta
Se siente ya vencida
Y al ver que así rendida
Se entrega al gavilán
El crápula nocturno
Que fuera por menega
Se pianta, y así queda
La paica sin pagar
Corto de genio había sido
Se dijo la desdichada
Y al verse así abandonada
Maldijo al que diera
Su vida y su amor
Sin pensar la pobrecita
Que ese amor que ella lloraba
Era el pique de largada
Para correr metida
En el pelotón
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Carlos Gardel performs "Corto de Genio", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Gardel catalog on LyroVerse.
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