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Artist: Carlos Gardel
Canonical path: /carlos-gardel/vieja-recova
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Vieja Recova
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Vieja Recova
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La otra noche mientras iba
Caminando como un curda
Tranco a tranco, solo y triste
Recorriendo el veredón
Sentí el filo de una pena
Que del lado de la zurda
Se empeñaba, traicionera
En tajearme el corazón
Entre harapos lamentables
Una pobre limosnera
Sollozando sus desgracias
A mi lado se acercó
Y al tirarle unas monedas
A la pobre pordiosera
Vi que el rostro avergonzado
Con las manos se tapó
Vieja recova
Rinconada de su vida
La encontré sola y perdida
Como una muestra fatal
La mala suerte
Le jugó una carta brava
Se le dio vuelta la taba
La vejez la derrotó
Vieja recova
Si vieras, cuánto dolor
Yo la he visto, cuando moza
Ir tejiendo fantasías
Con sus sueños de alto vuelo
Y sus noches de champán
Pobrecita, quién pensara
Los finales de su vida
Y la trágica limosna
Vergonzante que hoy le dan
Me alejé, vieja recova
De su lado. Te imaginas
Amiguita de otros tiempos
Qué dolor llegué a sentir
Lo que ayer fuera grandeza
Hoy mostraba sólo ruinas
Y a unas lágrimas porfiadas
No las pude desmentir
Vieja recova
Rinconada de su vida
La encontré sola y perdida
Como una muestra fatal
La mala suerte
Le jugó una carta brava
Se le dio vuelta la taba
La vejez la derrotó
Vieja recova
Si vieras, cuánto dolor
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Carlos Gardel performs "Vieja Recova", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Gardel catalog on LyroVerse.
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