I accompany my shadow down the avenue
My steps get lost among so many people
I'm looking for a door, an exit
Where past and present coexist
Suddenly I stop, someone is watching me
I look up and I meet her
And there she is, there she is, there she is
Watching time go by, the Puerta de Alcalá

One cold morning Carlos III arrived with a distinguished air
He slowly took off his hat
He got off his horse with a deep voice
He said to his lackey, there is the Puerta de Alcalá
There it is, there it is watching time go by
The Puerta de Alcalá

Lancers in uniform, monarchs from other lands
Boasters who arrive inventing war
Militias that resist under the "they shall not pass"
And the eternal dream comes and goes
And there it is, there it is watching time go by
The Puerta de Alcalá
And there it is, there it is watching time go by
The Puerta de Alcalá

All the tyrants embrace like brothers
Showing off their indecent bald heads to the people
Gangs of swindlers, two hundred students
They start the revolt, it's the sixties
There it is, the Puerta de Alcalá
And there it is, there it is watching time go by
The Puerta de Alcalá

A lost transvestite, a quarrelsome guard
Red hair, thumbtacks in the leathers
Insurgent rockers, complacent moderns
Poets and hangouts, airs of freedom
There it is, the Puerta de Alcalá
And there it is, there it is watching time go by
The Puerta de Alcalá

I look at her straight on and I get lost in her eyes
Her arches watch over me, her shadow accompanies me
I don't try to hide, no one deceives her
All life passes through her gaze
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her
The Puerta de Alcalá
Look at her, look at her, look at her, look at her

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