she takes the 6 morning train to work
to get some toasts serving tables in a old gray cafee that no ones come in
while let her mom alone at home
there is no one to take care of her
so she lets her drawing circles in the wall 

She’ll be alright 
She is just a kid, nineteen spreading seeds
While she keeps her dusty dreams
She’ll have a blast
She’ll be star, the brightest, in someone’s else sky
Someday she’s gonna be free

he left them some years ago
he couldn’t take the challanges of true love
to care, to watch and to stay
her mom couldn’t take all that pain
neighbors said she went mad but they don’t 
truly know about the mess he left

She’ll be alright 
She is just a kid, nineteen spreading seeds
While she keeps her dusty dreams
She’ll have a blast
She’ll be star, the brightest, in someone’s else sky
Someday she’s gonna be free

she gets home when it’s already dark
wash dishes and take out the trash
and showers her mom and give her a kiss from good night
she keeps her journal under her bed
with a cappadocia picture in the shelf
someday she swears she’s gonna be there

She’ll be alright 
She is just a kid, nineteen spreading seeds
While she keeps her dusty dreams
She’ll have a blast
She’ll be star, the brightest, in someone’s else sky
Someday she’s gonna be free


winter came earlier this year 
she’s crying in the bathroom 
so nobody can see her
she owes 3 month’s rent
she’s tired, flesh made
she needs some rest
the snow will melt
and the sun will rise
she’s gonna hold on to dreams

She’ll be alright 
She is just a kid, nineteen spreading seeds
While she keeps her dusty dreams
She’ll have a blast
She’ll be star, the brightest, in someone’s else sky
Someday she’s gonna be free

dusty dreams

girassol

mother took him to the preacher 
said he got evil in him
said he lacked out of faith
there was many nights he didn’t pray

papa yelled at him many times
cause he didn’t want get out of bed
friends told him he was dumb 
his life he was throwing away

can you tell me how life isn’t gray?
can you tell me how do you look brave?
there is a stranger in my mirror yeah
i can feel it in my veins i’m not ok

his comics are spider-webbed 
quit his tenis classes
“get up and rise, man
life’s pretty and you’re young”
they say… but they couldn’t really understand 

can you tell me how life isn’t gray?
can you tell me how do you look brave?
there is a stranger in my mirror yeah
i can feel it in my veins i’m not ok

can you tell me how life isn’t gray?
can you tell me how do you look brave?
there is a stranger in my mirror yeah
i can feel it in my veins i’m not ok

went for help
that he couldn’t find in them
doc said he needed a new start 
(“get up and rise, man
life’s pretty and you’re young”)
found his peace
leaving all behind 
so now he is living in a tent by the caves

(and he sings)
can you tell me how life was only that?
can you tell me how do you look brave?
there is only me in my mirror yeah
i can feel the vaccine in my veins

now he is living in a tent by the caves

tent by the caves

Staring at this window
And feeling the night
I look at the stars
And the cities passing by
And i know i’m so far from home

Now everything is dark
I can’t see what’s outside
But i keep wondering
What are you doing now
And i know soon i’ll get a sign

But tell me how far we must go
To see that both of us were wrong

i start counting
one, two, three
breathing
keep telling me
i’m sorry
i’ll come back as soon 
as we decide to try

my belt is well sitted
and the clouds are by my side
i’m trying hard to read
but it’s hard to concentrate
and i wish 
i could stop this plane

(2x)
But tell me how far we must go
To see that both of us were wrong

i start counting
one, two, three
breathing
keep telling me
i’m sorry
i’ll come back as soon 
as we decide to try

far from home

I guess that you are in room
reading about fairytales now
I think that you moved too fast
But it’s not my business i know
The thing is 
when you ask 
something to someone 
You’re willing to do the same
But i bet you know deep down
The contradiction of that

The other day i just wanted to call you
And remember our glorious day
Yeah, i know they were short babe
But just needed to hear your voice
But then I remembered how you said
How I wasn’t good enough for you
Not in these words, but you know what
you meant 
So I hope I’ll be a better me

My friends keep telling about you
But I pretend that I don’t care
It’s a mess how things are going
here after the hurricane
The thing is that
this is real life
and people bleed inside 
So we both need to accept that
Maybe 4 days was enough for you to heal yourself 

The other day i just wanted to call you
And remember our glorious day
Yeah, i know they were short babe
But just needed to hear your voice
But then I remembered how you said
How I wasn’t good enough for you
Not in these words, but you know what
you meant 
So I hope I’ll be a better me

Maybe I’m making tons of excuses 
Maybe I am a bad loser
Or maybe you didn’t know how to play the game living for the future ignoring today
Maybe He’ll take you to see the sunset
Maybe He’ll take you to the sunflower’s field
But I believe that just around the corner is finally the day i won’t care

The other day i just wanted to call you
And remember our glorious day
Yeah, i know they were short babe
But just needed to hear your voice
But then I remembered how you said
How I wasn’t good enough for you
Not in these words, but you know what
you meant 
So I know I’ll be a better me

better me

papelão

recomeçar

veo el volcán por mi ventana
diciéndome adiós 
las nubes te engañan 
tan joven para entenderlo

vendieron tus juguetes 
té quitaron tus amigos
tus primos
y no sabes porque

tan pequeño para entenderlo
tan grande para sentir
memorias en mi pecho 
hoy, tiempo de agradecer

tejieron sueños por mi
batallaron por mi 
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti
dos mundos que se entrelazan
dos lenguas que llevo en mi
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti

triste terremoto 
destrozos por doquier
no importa cuanto trabajes
ya llego el final del mes

se fue tu abuelita
a descansar trás sufrir
unió a la familia 
pero nos tocaba partir

tan pequeño para entenderlo
tan grande para sentir
memorias en mi pecho
hoy, tiempo de agradecer

tejieron sueños por mi
batallaron por mi 
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti
dos mundos que se entrelazan
dos lenguas que llevo en mi
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti

la vida pasa
años después estás feliz
nuevos amigos, un nuevo hogar
sabes quien eres
sigues en tierra de calor
nuevos caminos, un nuevo hogar


tejieron sueños por mi
batallaron por mi 
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti
dos mundos que se entrelazan
dos lenguas que llevo en mi
si hoy estoy aqui
es todo gracias a ti

Ruben Palma

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