Morcillo Lopez

I'm Morcillo Lopez and I'm gonna tell you my story: Turns out that

One day I was strolling through my beautiful Montevideo
Sipping on some bitter mate and munching on some fritters
When a couple of guys jumped out of a limousine
They kicked me four times, punched me in the face
And my thermos turned to dust

They yelled "deserter" in an accent that made me nervous
They showed me a picture of a Russian astronaut
The guy looked just like me and I thought, damn, they mistook me
With my purple backpack, I took off in a little plane
To Russia, scared out of my mind

Morcillo Lopez, keep telling your story
Morcillo Lopez, you're already in glory
'Cause your feat is like no other
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 that just a moment 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, the ship took off, no
I couldn't explain it, my state of frenzy, no, if
There was an instruction manual, but it was all in Russian
And I had to make do with what the boss
Put in my purple backpack

Morcillo Lopez, keep telling your story
Morcillo Lopez, you're already in glory
'Cause your feat is like no other
Being the first Uruguayan on the Moon

The boss had put, what irony, a bit of Russian salad
And a breeze coming in, I covered it with a CUTCSA ticket
If I was low on fuel, I’d throw a paperclip in the tank
And a lever that didn’t work, I fixed it
Using the 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
Because of gravity, I could only drink mate with Auxana
And through the radio that spoke to me
At that point, the cassette of Araca la cana was playing

Morcillo Lopez, keep telling your story
Morcillo Lopez, you're already in glory
'Cause your feat is like no other
Being the first Uruguayan on the Moon

I thought I saw graffiti that said Gardel was born on the Moon
But with the controls, I was like a pilot for PLUNA
So when I landed, I said to myself: The boss betrayed me
'Cause the only flag I had to plant
Was the one from Peñarol

Morcillo Lopez, keep telling your story
Morcillo Lopez, you're already in glory
'Cause your feat is like no other
Being the first Uruguayan on the Moon