La Pulga
Valentín Elizalde
The Flea
Between lights and walls
A little flea is jumping
And with every leap it took
It knocked down the walls
To kill that flea
People came from the shore
They broke 14 axes
Right on its little tail
The flea's heart
Aunt Chonita took it away
To feed
An entire city
To feed
An entire city
I ripped off the flea's skin
In big chunks
Out came 20 shirts
And 200 pairs of pants
The flea's ribs
They curved so well
The Americans took them
For the train tracks
These verses that I sing
Are flying through the wind
There are such big lies
If I don't let them out, I'll burst
There are such big lies
If I don't let them out, I'll burst
From the flea's skin
They made a drum
They played it in Guasave
It echoed all the way to Sonora
The flea's ribs
They curved so well
The Americans took them
For the train tracks
These verses that I sing
Are flying through the wind
There are such big lies
If I don't let them out, I'll burst
There are such big lies
If I don't let them out, I'll burst
