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Raúl Gómez Jattin

They and my anonymous being

Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friends
And is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me   Nobody is me

Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody   That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain

Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them

Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes

Ellos y mi ser anónimo

Ellos y mi ser anónimo

Es Raúl Gómez Jattin todos sus amigos
Y es Raúl Gómez ninguno cuando pasa
Cuando pasa todos son todos
Nadie soy yo   Nadie soy yo

Por qué querrá esa gente mi persona
si Raúl no es nadie  Pienso yo
Si es mi vida una reunión de ellos
que pasan por su centro y se llevan mi dolor

Será porque los amo
Porque está repartido en ellos mi corazón

Así vive en ellos Raúl Gómez
Llorando riendo y en veces sonriendo
Siendo ellos y siendo a veces también yo
Close

They and my anonymous being

Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friends
And is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me   Nobody is me

Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody   That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain

Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them

Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes

They and my anonymous being

Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friends
And is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me   Nobody is me

Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody   That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain

Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them

Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes
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