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Bolivia

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Jorge Drexler Canonical path: /jorge-drexler/bolivia Related lyric paths: 6
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Bolivia

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Europa, 1939

Todos decían que no en las cancillerías

(Años de guerra caliente

Varios años antes de la guerra fría)

Todos decían que no

Cuando dijo que sí Bolivia

Berlín era un nido de ratas

El paladín de la bravata, gritaba

Llenaba estadios

De un árido erial de desvarío ario

Un árido erial de desvarío ario

Las puertas se iban cerrando

El tiempo colgaba de un pelo

Y aquel niño en los brazos de mis abuelos

Y el pánico era evidente

Y todo lo presagiaba:

El miedo ganaba cauce

Abría fauces, vociferaba

Y entonces llegó del frío

En pleno glaciar hiriente

Una insólita vertiente de agua tibia:

Todos decían que no

Cuando dijo que sí Bolivia

Y el péndulo viene y va

Y vuelve a venir e irse

Y tras alejarse vuelve

Y tras volver, se distancia

Y cambia la itinerancia

Y los barcos van y vienen

Y quienes hoy todo tienen

Mañana por todo imploran

Y la noria no demora

En invertir los destinos

En refrescar la memoria

Y los caminos de ida

En caminos de regreso

Se transforman, porque eso:

Una puerta giratoria

No más que eso, es la historia

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