Cuando El Tiempo Nos Castiga
Gloria Estefan
When Time Punishes Us
Just when you least expect it
And you're not paying attention
The most precious treasure
Our mother or a sibling
Becomes memories under the Sun
When we need it most
The hug and the warmth
From a loved one or a friend
You become a witness
That we're prisoners of the clock
I'd give anything to go back
To walk with my father
To return for just a moment
To become that child I was yesterday
When time punishes us
When our face starts to change
When the heart moves forward
In memories and distance
Love begins to be sown
When time punishes us
And our skin starts to dry
You realize that in life
What matters is affection
And the love you leave behind
When time punishes us
When my soul was new
It wore out with life
When we don't realize
That it's better to say: I love you
That it's better to mend your heart
I'd give anything to go back
But life doesn't forgive
Because the new becomes history
And that history gets old, I know
When time punishes us
When our face starts to change
When the heart moves forward
In memories and distance
Love begins to be sown
When time punishes us
And our skin starts to dry
You realize that in life
What matters is affection
And the love you leave behind
When time punishes us
