A Song For Barcelona - Jackson Browne

I think I must have lost my way a long, long time ago

Somewhere in the distance between love and business

I don’t know

I didn’t have that far to go to find my pleasure though

Lovers like islands in an archipelago

Set in a sea of time, love is a place you find

Where when two people rhyme they begin to grow

Learning the other ninety-nine words for snow

This is a song for Barcelona, city of gravity and light

City that gave me back my fire, and restored my appetite

I hear the sounds of youth up all night in the plaza

Under the sleepless eyes of the grandmothers

On the terrassa

In the streets of Gràcia, and on the Ramblas

I see the searching eyes and youthful bodies pass

And my own vanished youth becomes my central truth

Though I no longer care, the truth is everywhere

That soon the world I love will no longer be anywhere

This is a song for Barcelona, city of Gaudí and Jujol

City that ignited my desire, and temporarily, my soul

They come from Ireland, they come from Africa

They come from the US, they come from Canada

They come from Norway, they come from China

They come from Uruguay, and from Bulgaria

They come for pleasure, they come for freedom

For the chance encounter — or the revelation

They come for business, or for adventure

And fall in love with the information

About the world, and about each other

They dream, and when they wake up

They’re not in Spain anymore

This is a song for Barcelona, for architecture and futból

And for the streets that gave me refuge

In my escape from rock and roll

Una cançó per Barcelona, per respecte i futur

Per justícia i la terra — ara som sis milions i un

Via Laietana, Gran Via

Urquinaona, Tarragona, El Paral·lel

Torrent de l’Olla, Carrer de l’Or, o Encarnació

Plaça del Sol, Plaça del Tripi, Passeig del Born

Sant Pere Més Alt, Sant Pere Més Baix

Carrer Robadors, Carrer Escudellers

Carrer del Mar, Carrer Verdi

Pintor Fortuny, Mercat dels Encants

Portal de l'Ángel