El Muerto Vivo (feat. Marina "Ojos De Brujo")

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A mi amigo blanco herrera le pagaron su salario

To my friend Blanco Herrera, they paid his salary

Y sin pensarlo dos veces salió para malgastarlo,

And without thinking twice, he went out to squander it,

Una semana de juerga y perdió el conocimiento

A week of revelry, and he lost consciousness

Como no volvía a su casa todos le daban por muerto,

As he didn't return home, everyone considered him dead,


Y no estaba muerto no, no y no estaba muerto no, no,

And he wasn't dead, no, he wasn't dead, no, no,

Y no estaba muerto no, no, estaba tomando cañas,lerelele

And he wasn't dead, no, no, he was having drinks, lerelele


Y no estaba muerto no, no y no estaba muerto no, no,

And he wasn't dead, no, he wasn't dead, no, no,

Y no estaba muerto no, no, chevere, chevere, chévere,

And he wasn't dead, no, no, cool, cool, cool,


Pero al cabo de unos días de haber desaparecido

But after a few days of disappearing,

Encontraron uno muerto, un muerto muy parecido,

They found one dead, very similar,

Le montaron un velorio y le rezaron la novena,

They held a wake for him and prayed the novena,

Le perdonaron sus deudas y lo enterraron con pena,

They forgave his debts and buried him with sorrow,


Y no estaba muerto no, no y no estaba muerto no, no,

And he wasn't dead, no, he wasn't dead, no, no,

Y no estaba muerto no, no, estaba tomando cañas,lerelele

And he wasn't dead, no, no, he was having drinks, lerelele


Y no estaba muerto no, no y no estaba muerto no, no,

And he wasn't dead, no, he wasn't dead, no, no,

Y no estaba muerto no, no, chevere, chevere, chévere,

And he wasn't dead, no, no, cool, cool, cool,


Pero un día se apareció lleno de vida y contento,

But one day he appeared full of life and joy,

Diciéndole a todo el mundo eh! se equivocaron de muerto,

Telling everyone hey! they got the wrong dead one,

El lío que se formó eso sí que es puro cuento,

The commotion that ensued, now that's pure fiction,

Su mujer ya no lo quiere,no quiere dormir con muertos,

His wife no longer wants him, she doesn't want to sleep with the dead,


No estaba muerto estaba de parranda

He wasn't dead, he was on a spree


A mi papa el chocolate,le pagaron su salario

To my dad, the chocolate, they paid his salary


Y no estaba muerto no, no y no estaba muerto no, no,

And he wasn't dead, no, he wasn't dead, no, no,

Y no estaba muerto no, no,lerelele lerelé

And he wasn't dead, no, no, lerelele lerelé


(ayatolah)

(ayatollah)

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Lima, Perú March 21, 2025
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