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Lost In The Flood - Bruce Springsteen

Lost In The Flood

Bruce Springsteen


Lyrics:
The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway
He walks through town all alone--"He must be from the fort," he hears the high school girls say
His countryside's burnin' with wolfman fairies dressed in drag for homicide
The hit-and-run plead sanctuary, 'neath a holy stone they hide
They're breakin' beams and crosses with a spastic's reelin' perfection
Nuns run bald through Vatican halls, pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception
And everybody's wrecked on Main Street from drinking unholy blood
Sticker smiles sweet as Gunner breathes deep, his ankles caked in mud
And I said, "Hey, gunner man, that's qucksand, that's quicksand, that ain't mud
Have you thrown your senses to the war, or did you lose them in the flood?"

That pure American brother, dull-eyed and empty-faced
Races Sundays in Jersey in a Chevy stock super eight
He rides 'er low on the hip, on the side he's got "Bound for Glory" in red, white and blue flash paint
He leans on the hood telling racing stories, the kids call him Jimmy the Saint
Well, that blaze-and-noise boy, he's gunnin' that bitch loaded to blastin' point
He rides head first into a hurricane and disappears into a point
And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell, that is, nothin' left that you could sell
Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell
And I said, "Hey kid, you think that's oil? Man, that ain't oil, that's blood"
I wonder what he was thinking when he hit that storm, or was he just lost in the flood?

Eighth Avenue sailors in satin shirts whisper in the air
Some storefront incarnation of Maria, she's puttin' on me the stare
And Bronx's best apostle stands with his hand on his own hardware
Everything stops, you hear five quick shots, the cops come up for air
And now the whiz-bang gang from uptown, they're shootin' up the street
And that cat from the Bronx starts lettin' loose, but he gets blown right off his feet
And some kid comes blastin' 'round the corner, but a cop puts him right away
He lays on the street holding his leg, screaming something in Spanish, still breathing when I walked away
And somebody said, "Hey man, did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud"
I wonder what the dude was sayin', or was he just lost in the flood?
Hey man, did you see that, those poor cats are sure messed up
I wonder what they were gettin' into, or were they just lost in the flood
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Letra:
El pistolero pelagatos vuelve a casa como un fugitivo hambriento
Camina solo por la ciudad – “Debe ser del fuerte”, oye cómo dicen las chicas de la escuela
Su región está ardiendo con hombres lobo travestis vestidos de mujer para el homicidio
Dan el golpe y salen corriendo, piden asilo y bajo una piedra sagrada se esconden
Rompen vigas y cruce con una espástica perfección
Las monjas corren calvas por los pasillos del Vaticano preñadas rogando a la inmaculada concepción
Y todos están tirados por Main Street por beber sangre impía
El chico Aplicado sonríe dulcemente mientras el pistolero respira profundo, sus tobillos con barro seco
Y yo digo: «Oye, pistolero, eso son arenas movedizas. son arenas movedizas, no es barro
¿Perdiste el juicio en la guerra o fue en el diluvio?»

Ese puro hermano americano, de ojos apagados y rostro vacío
Corre los domingos por Jersey en un Chevy super 8 de fábrica
Coge lentamente la curva y en la recta se dispara como un loco, lleva pintados los colores de la bandera americana
Se apoya en el capó contando historias de carreras, los chicos le llaman limmy el Santo
Esa llamarada y ese ruido, chico está poniendo el motor a tope a punto de estallar
Conduce derecho a un huracán hasta que desaparece en un punto
Y no queda nada más que sangre donde cayó el cuerpo, eso es, no queda nada que vender
Sólo chatarra por todo el horizonte, el adiós de un auténtico salteador de caminos
Y yo dije: “Oye chico, ¿tú crees que eso es aceite? Tío, eso no es aceite, es sangre”
Me pregunto en qué pensaba cuando armó esa tormenta, ¿O sólo estaba perdido en el diluvio?

Los marineros de la Octava Avenida con camisas de satén susurran al aire
Un escaparate de la encarnación de María me está clavando los ojos
Y ahí está el mejor apóstol del Bronx con la mano en el paquete
Todo se detiene, oyes cinco rápidos disparos, la poli hace aparición
Y ahora la activa pandilla del barrio alto está disparando por la calle
Y ese tío del Bronx empieza a soltarse pero cae de un disparo
Y un chico aparece corriendo por la esquina pero un poli lo barre
Yace en la calle sosteniendo su pierna y gritando algo en español, todavía respira cuando me largo
Y alguien dice: “Oye tío, ¿viste eso? Su cuerpo cayó al suelo con un ruido tan bonito”
Me pregunto qué quería decir ese tío , ¿O sólo estaba perdido en el diluvio?
Y, oye tío, ¿viste eso? Esos pobres tíos están hechos papilla
Me pregunto lo que se traerían entre manos, ¿O sólo estaban perdidos en el diluvio?

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