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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/carito
Related lyric paths: 6
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Carito
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Carito
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Sentado sólo en un banco en la ciudad
Con tu mirada recordando el litoral
Tu suerte quiso estar partida
Mitad verdad, mitad mentira
Como esperanza de los pobres prometida
Andando sólo bajo la llovizna gris
Fingiendo duro que tu vida fue de aquí
Porque cambiaste un mar de gente
Por donde gobierna la flor
Mira que el río nunca regaló el color
Carito suelta tu pena
Se hará diamante tu lágrima entre mis cuerdas
Carito, suelta tu piedra
Para volar como el zorzal en primavera
En buenos aires los zapatos son modernos
Pero no lucen como en una plaza de un pueblo
Deja que tu luz chiquitita
Hable en secreto a la canción
Para que te acaricie un poco más el sol
Cualquier semilla cuando es planta quiere ver
La misma estrella de aquel atardecer
Que la salvó del pico agudo
Refugiándola a lo oscuro
De la gaviota arrasadora de los surcos.
Carito yo soy tu amiga
Me ofrezco árbol para tu nido
Carito, suelta tu canto
Que el abanico en mi acordeón ya está esperando
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Mercedes Sosa performs "Carito", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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