Morcillo Lopez

I'm Morcillo Lopez
And I'm gonna tell you my story
So it goes that

One day I was strolling
Through my beautiful Montevideo
Sipping on some bitter mate and munching on some fritters

When suddenly a couple of guys
Got out of a limousine
They kicked me four times, punched me up, and my thermos turned to dust

They yelled "deserter" in an accent
Man, it made me nervous!
They showed me a picture of a Russian astronaut

The guy looked just like me
And I said, "See ya, you got me confused"
With my purple backpack, I took off in a little plane to Russia, scared as hell

Morcillo Lopez
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Morcillo Lopez
'Cause you're already in glory

Because your feat, like no other
Is being the first Uruguayan on the Moon

As soon as we arrived, they grabbed me, shoved me in the rocket
While I tried to explain that I wasn't that guy
And to think just a while ago I was dreaming of a beach in Jamaica
I didn't want to go to space 'cause I knew it would be worse than for that dog Laika

And then they fired up the engines (yeah!)
And the ship took off (no!)
I couldn't explain to them (yeah!)
My state of frenzy (no!) Yeah!

There was a manual but it was all in Russian
So I had to make do with what the boss lady put in my purple backpack

Morcillo Lopez
Continue your story
Morcillo Lopez
'Cause you're already in glory

Because your feat, like no other
Is being the first Uruguayan on the Moon

The boss lady had put, how ironic, a bit of Russian salad
And a breeze coming in, I covered it
With a ticket from CUTCSA

If I was low on fuel, I’d pour in
A little paperclip
And a lever that didn’t work, I fixed it using grease from a fried dough

If a meteorite came flying
I’d throw a flip-flop at it
And to avoid floating away
I tied the thermos between my legs

Due to gravity, I could only
Drink mate with Auxana
And through the radio, at that height, the cassette of Araca la cana was playing

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Morcillo Lopez
'Cause you're already in glory (you're already in glory, glory)

Because your feat
Like no other (like no other)
Is being the first Uruguayan on the Moon (being the first, oh being the first on the Moon)

(Oh, Roberto and the song for Morcillo, when's that coming?)

(Like the most glorious day)
(Mr. Morcillo is leaving)
(That Morcillo doesn't forget)

I thought I saw some graffiti that said Gardel was born on the Moon
But with the handle, I was already
Like a pilot for PLUNA

So when I landed, I told myself the boss lady betrayed me
Because the only flag I had to plant was the one for Peñarol

Morcillo Lopez (morcillo Lopez)
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Morcillo Lopez (morcillo Lopez)
'Cause you're already in glory (you're already in glory, glory)

Because your feat, like no other (like no other)
Is being the first Uruguayan on the Moon (being the first, oh being the first on the Moon)

And yes friends (Morcillo Lopez is leaving)
Friends who crowd this silly stage
Morcillo Lopez is leaving, leaving (heading to the big city)
But this won't be a goodbye, just a see you never (leaving with his backpack)
'Cause the Quartet, the Quartet on its bullet train is also leaving (on its cosmic journey)
And don't forget for bookings, call the number: 099-663514
And like the rowdy crowd, I'm leaving too

Fuck off!