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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/retrato
Related lyric paths: 6
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Retrato
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Retrato
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De amplia miel
Era su corazon en agraz
Y su boca locuaz
Como un viento fluvial
La corriente total
De su sangre en accion
La arrastraba en turbion
Convencido y caudal
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar
Y a mi lado durmio.
Germino con aquel
Resplandor maternal
Que la hacia panal
Y la henchia de ser
Y aprendio al comprender
Y comprendio al pensar
Y penso al militar
Y milito al crecer.
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar y a mi lado soño.
Cuando ardio la ciudad
Cuando el tanque arraso
Y su pueblo cayo
Traicionado otra vez.
La vi mucho a traves
De los meses actuar
Trabajar, ayudar
Desgarrarse los pies.
No fue extraña al telar...
Desaparecio.
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Mercedes Sosa performs "Retrato", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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