una mariposa Lyrics

I imagine you were born in the sand

Holding a nopal in your clay stained hand

16 cleaning houses on farms

18 with a baby in your arms

I imagine you grew wings the day that he said

She's no daughter of mine, I won't raise that ched

I imagine you danced as you flew to the east

You were dressed in the wind with the clouds at your feet

And we all tried

But we can't fly

Like you

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

I heard your voice as the echo of the gods

With your wavering words and your Spanglish heart

You were the bittersweet song on a mariachi's tongue

Watching them dance for your martyred son

You're the northside reina who never came down

You're the summer's warmth in a monarch's gown

And I dance with you to a banda song

And for once in my life I can sing along

And we all tried

But we can't fly

Like you

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

And we all tried

But we can't fly

Like you

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa

Una mariposa