La Hermana de la Coneja [English translation]

In a dirty warehouse,

bastion of Ciudad Vieja1

the sister of La Coneja,

has lost her virginity.

Witness in the dark,

a moth eaten matress,

that was left printed

with indelible memory,

and its the origin of this story,

that I don't know if it's true.

It was like it always happens,

she fell in love with Tito,

that skinny brunette,

who charmed her with cuddles.

And challenging the fate

he had enough of making out,

the hornet's nest got stirred up,

sixteen years is too much

when he hits you like a dog

and life asks for sex.

Later well know stories,

the what can we do with it

The you can't have him,

the I already got the money.

A crying, four caresses,

and everything will be all right.

The back of a warehouse,

the farewell to the skinny Tito,

and the beginning of a journey,

more swayed than a train.

Today she's a Mrs so and so,

and has summer holidays in the east.

Anyone who sees her won't imagine

she was from playa Pascual2

Her hoax is going bad,

she says "children" and "college"3

she really does a good job

she rides an outstanding car

she wears rubber sandals instead of jute

and doesn't ask for the prices.

Now she really has fun,

in a good matress.

Short la garçonne hairstyle

And glasses with chain.

She goes to the psychiatrist,

she doesn't even name her sister,

but she's marked by a shadow

she never could avoid

how she got screwed,

there at Ciudad Vieja.

The sister of La Coneja

1. A neighbourhood in Montevideo2. A small town in the outskirts of Montevideo. To say that she's from there is like to call her a lousy woman.3. instead of "kids" and "school"

• Artist:Jaime Roos
• Album:7 y 3 (1986)