Abuelita Cry

Cuatro, uno, dos
Cuatro, uno, dos, tres
Cuatro, uno, dos, tres
Cuatro, uno, dos

I made my abuelita cry
When we took her to the Carrows in Cerritos
Right after we got out of mass at San Lino's
I made her cry
And I know all the reasons why
See I'd been trabajando mucho en mi español
Wanted to impress her wanted her to know
And so I pried

I asked all about abuelita's life
What it was really like
Allá por Ecuador
And as she shared what happened in her time
Tears rolled down her eyes
I opened up a door

I made my abuelita cry
The sonrisa I had from putting into practice
What I'd been working on in my Spanish classes
It did subside
Because right then I realized
A different language can lock away the traumatic
A barrier whose passage isn't automatic
We have to try

Young abuelita didn't know
That she would have the world
The children she would hold
And abuelita didn't know
Her blood would know this love
Long after she was gone

And abuelita didn't know
Her blood would know this love
Long after she was gone

My abuelita was a light
The sun shining on the couch through my mom's window
Our home in Norwalk she use to call Norwalito
How bright she shined
My abuelita made me cry
When she decided that it was her time to go
One week after losing abuelito
She made me cry
She made me cry
She made me cry
She made me cry
She made me cry
She made me cry