me and the mosquito

Madeleine Peyroux

I love attention and acceptance, I m human after all
Companionship can be transcendent
with any creature, big or small
But I would rather be unknown to one persistent chaperone
Make me incognito when it s me and the mosquito

I like to think I m kinda playful
disinclined to confrontation
My heart is tenderly respectful of every living incarnation
But when this minute sucker bites
I won t be reading its last rites
Finito when it s me and the mosquito

No, no, no getting under my skin
No, no, no, I ll do you in
Si te quedas aquí, si te quedas así
Un golpecito, no más mosquito

Every species somehow must by Mother Nature come alive
But if it s just the two of us, I d rather only one survive

Every mortal has its mystery and some redeeming feature
There is inherent quality to every natural living creature
But I won t know no doggone rest
until I kill this little pest
No veto when it s me and the mosquito

No, no, no getting under my skin
No, no, no, I ll do you in
Si te quedas aquí, si te quedas así
Un golpecito, no más mosquito