Recuerdo Cuando Era Chango
Sergio Galleguillo
I Remember When I Was a Kid
I remember when I was a kid
Back in my hometown
Running around the fields
Not knowing any sorrows
The times I got scolded
For not listening to my mom
I used to chase donkeys around
In the harshness of the afternoon
For playing around too much
My mother would punish me
In those scorching afternoons
When not even the devils were around
Oh, life, if I could
Be a kid again
Live without worries
Not knowing deceit
In a moment of carelessness from mom
I'd head to the lagoon
I'd come back with swollen eyes
Because I played with the mud
On summer nights
When the moon shone bright
Beating on an old box
I'd sing a folk song
Now that I'm getting old
I don't forget about my mom
If only I could repay her
For all the suffering she's been through
Oh, life, if I could
Be a kid again
Live without worries
Not knowing deceit
