El Gran Varón

In a hospital room
At 9:43, Simon was born
It's the summer of '56
Don Andrés's pride for having a son

He was raised like the others
With a firm hand, with strictness
Never spoke up
When you grow up, you’ll study
The same crap as your dad
Listen up
You’ll have to be a great man

Simon went abroad
Far from home, he forgot that sermon
Changed the way he walked
Wore a skirt, lipstick, and a big purse

People say that one day, his dad
Came to visit him unannounced, what a mistake!
A woman spoke to him as he passed
She said: Hi, how’s it going, dad? How you doing?
You don’t know me, I’m Simon
Simon, your son, the great man

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

He let himself be swayed
By what people say
His father never spoke to him
Left him for good

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

Don’t complain, Andrés
Don’t complain about anything
If life hands you lemons
Learn to make lemonade

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

And as the years go by
The old man, giving in a bit
Simon didn’t even write him
Andrés was curious

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

Finally, there was news
About where his son was
Andrés never forgot the day
Of that sad call

In a hospital room
Simon died of a strange illness
It’s the summer of '86
No one cried for the sick guy in bed 10

Simon, Simon
Simon

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

We need to have compassion
Enough with the moral lessons
Let he who is without sin
Cast the first stone

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk

He who never forgives
Has a certain fate
To live with bitter memories
In his own hell

You can’t change nature
A tree that’s born bent never straightens its trunk