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No Abra La Puarta

from Lost and Found by Scott Nielsen

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The words in the chorus are the instructions for the coin operated washing machine in Spanish from the laundromat where I did my laundry.

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NO ABRA LA PUERTA
WORDS AND MUSIC BY M. SCOTT NIELSEN ©1996

Put the laundry inside
Pour in the tide
Slot the quarters in the machine
Select temperature
Watch the water and suds wash away all of last weeks dead dreams

Then I see Marie
Two machines down from me
She comes every week at this time
She’s a black haired beauty
With Latin fire in her eyes and she could have my heart for a dime

But we never speak
And when our eyes meet
I smile and I just look away
She speaks no English
Me hablo no espagnol
So I don’t know what I could say

Chorus:
No abra la puerta de la maquina
Lavadora sino hasta que la
Maquina haya terminado su cyclone
Ay la luz operativa esta apagado
Y el cilindro de lavado
Completamente termindo de girar

Then I hear her voice
Whisper softly to me
Con permissio oh senior
When I turn around
She hands me a sock
One I just dropped on the floor

My tongue doesn’t work
I feel like a jerk
And I utter some stupid reply
Oh but I wish
I could sing a Spanish love song to her
So beautiful that she would cry

Chorus

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from Lost and Found, released July 6, 2018

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Scott Nielsen Bordentown, New Jersey

"I'm a 50's rocker and never was told how to grow up and when to grow old . . ." to quote one of my tunes and it sums me up pretty well. I have been writing songs since the early 60's. In the 70's I wrote children's songs for Captain Kangaroo. I have been a writer and publisher ASCAP member since 1973.

I write across several genres: country, rock and adult alternative. ... more

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