Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Victor Jara
Canonical path: /victor-jara/el-carretero
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Carretero
Read El Carretero lyrics by Victor Jara on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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El Carretero
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Por un camino 'e trumao
Va la carreta crujiendo
Palpita la ventolera
Entre las hojas del trébol
Mi vida es solo trumao
Ventoleras y silencio
Camino el mismo camino
Con mi yunta voy y vengo
La tarde baila en las nubes
Cubre de sangre los cerros
Una corona de buitres
Acompaña al carretero
A veces pierdo la huella mientra'
El corazón da un vuelco
¿Cuándo mi vida tendrá el camino que yo quiero?
Un aleteo de sombras
Alarga más el silencio
Como hundiéndose en la noche
La carreta va crujiendo
Yo también abro la tierra
Y con ella abro mi fe
¡Apúrate, yunta'e negro'
Que comienza a amanecer!
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Victor Jara performs "El Carretero", and this lyric page sits inside the Victor Jara catalog on LyroVerse.
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