Rubén Blades
When lyrics
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 5:53
What does a blind man see in the morning?
What does he dream when he sleeps in the night?
People who fear the tomorrow that's coming
When will they know? When will they know?
Children are waiting for someone to love them
Roses are crushed just before they were born
Minds run along through the darkness around them
When will they know?
And so the world awaits another day
When things can come and show a better way of life
The sun is up, the rush is on again
Over and over, everything's the same
'Til when? 'Til when?
On the horizon, the sun comes out bright
A little boy waves his hands in the air
As I walk by, he suddenly called me
"Peace," I heard him say
And he went away
The end of a day
Key vocabulary
- comes
- you eatA2
- does
- do
- everything's
- everything
- he
- I haveA2
- is
- —
- life
- vida
- little
- small
- sleeps
- sleep
- that's
- that is
- til
- tick
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About this song
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is an award-winning singer, composer, actor, and activist known for his foundational contributions to salsa music and Latin jazz.