Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Silvio Rodriguez
Canonical path: /silvio-rodriguez/el-mayor
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Mayor
Read El Mayor lyrics by Silvio Rodriguez on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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El Mayor
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El hombre se hizo siempre
De todo material
De villas señoriales
O barrio marginal
Toda época fue pieza
De un rompecabezas
Para subir la cuesta
Del gran reino animal
Con una mano negra
Y otra blanca mortal
Mortales ingredientes
Armaron al mayor
Luz de terratenientes
Y de revolución
Destreza de la esgrima
Sucesos como un preso
Amalia abandonada
Por la bala, la vergüenza
El amor. O un fusilamiento
Un viejo cuento modelaron su adiós
Va cabalgando
El mayor con su herida
Y mientras más mortal
El tajo es más de vida
Va cabalgando
Sobre una palma escrita
Y a la distancia
De cien años resucita
Trota sobre la espuma
Seguido por un mar
De negros en machete
Y sin encadenar ordena a su corneta
Un toque de a degüello y a un siglo de distancia
Entona nuestra canción y con recia garganta
Canta, espanta lejos la maldición
Va cabalgando
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Silvio Rodriguez performs "El Mayor", and this lyric page sits inside the Silvio Rodriguez catalog on LyroVerse.
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