Sunday afternoon lyrics

Salvador

The afternoon sunlight

Is folding around us

The dishes are done

Buildings here

Tall as our mountains

Slice through the window

And block out the sun

On such days I find I'm longing for Puerto Rico

Though I never would return till you are free

But when I hear the Aguinaldo

My heart's a little lighter

And we dance together Aurea and me

In my life I've been unhappy with two husbands

Gumersindo liked his rum and women friends

Then that hipocrite who beat you

And preached about repentance

Has gone and so another Sunday ends

And tomorrow is another hard working Monday

I'm still hoping for the raise they promised me

There's a job as operator

I would not have to wait for

If I could speak the language easily

But I tell Aurea

The barrio's boundaries

Are our own little nation

Sometimes I can hear you run upstairs

And I view my light

With resignation

Keep your bible near you

Time is an ocean of endless tears