"L'home que treballa fent de gos" - Els Amics de les Arts

Song: L'home que treballa fent de gos
Artist: Els Amics de les Arts
Album: Bed & Breakfast (2009)

"The Man Who Works Dressing Up As a Dog"

The man who works dressing up as a dog at children's parties
dusts off his costume.
He gets into a run-down Seat Panda (that barely started up today)
and never can get past fourth gear.
Today he's been hired by a well-to-do family from the city
who live uptown.
He stops and gets ten euros' worth of gas (he doesn't have money for more)
and glances at the magazines.
The man who works dressing up as a dog at children's parties
And after all the time he's spent working disguised as a dog he still gets nervous
he rings the doorbell and waits for a response.
He bursts into the party with a cake singing "Cumpleaños Feliz!"
and just barely manages not to fall.
He makes figures with colored balloons and a lightsaber from Star Wars
and a bear, flowers, and a dinosaur.
The man who works dressing up as a dog at children's parties
signals the mistress of the house,
who invites him to have a cup of coffee while she signs the receipt
they can't find a conversation topic.
She takes him by the hand and leads him to the ironing room,
he hears the children from afar.
They make love like animals between shirts and jogging suits,
socks, kisses, and jackets.
The man who works dressing up as a dog exits as if he were famous,
as he sees the father arrive.
The man who works dressing up as a dog makes them all happy:
ten kids and a mother.
The man who works dressing up as a dog doesn't know what the heck is wrong with him,
He turns his eyes to the rear-view mirror, the woman is hugging that gentleman,
And at love he's no good at all.