La Catrina - Momus

La Catrina has come back from the dead

And is searching for the love she never had

La Catrina has come back from the dead

For the time of her life

Alive she never had

Sometimes she cries

And sometimes she laughs

On her face she wears impossible expressions

And her dress is the dress

That the ladies all wore

In the days before the old revolution

Dance in the spring

Dance in the sun, young girl

Don’t wait till you’ve become what I’ve become

Don’t wait till you’re as dead as I am

Dance now while you still can

Dance in the spring

Dance in the sun, young girl

Dance naked for a man

While you still can

It’s too late when you’re as dead as I am

Me and La Catrina are walking arm in arm

She’s so elegant, so handsome and so dead

Me and La Catrina are dancing face to face

It’s the time of her life

A life she never had

See how she cries!

See how she laughs !

On her face she wears impossible expressions

And her dress is the dress

That the ladies all wore

In the days before the old revolution

Dance your life

Dance your life away

La Catrina is dancing in her skeleton

La Catrina with her mouldy dress and boots still on

On her skull a single strand of hair

Between the pelvic bones thin air

And then she opens up her thighs

And tells me what it’s like to die

And sings her love song