Como Yo Lyrics in English by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
This one is as fun as it is unique! Ginkgo Biloba is a type of tree, but it's most famous as a herbal supplement often taken to improve memory.
In this song, Juan Luis Guerra sings, "Te busco en el Ginkgo Biloba de mis vitaminas" (I look for you in the Ginkgo Biloba of my vitamins). It's a clever and humorous way to say he can't stop thinking about his love—so much so that he even looks for them in his daily supplements. It's a perfect example of the song's quirky and creative poetry.
In this upbeat merengue track, Dominican maestro Juan Luis Guerra makes a wildly over-the-top declaration of love. The core message is simple: Si no estás aquí, yo no soy feliz ("If you are not here, I am not happy"). But instead of sticking to standard romantic clichés, he goes on an absurdly specific comparison spree to prove that nobody else holds a candle to his sweetheart's face.
He piles on high-culture references, claiming he has seen world-class opera singer Plácido Domingo star in Rigoletto, sat through all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, checked out Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, and visited New York's MoMA to view Claude Monet's Agapanthus alongside masterpieces by Picasso, Van Gogh, and Cézanne. Yet, he insists that nada se compara con tu cara bonita ("nothing compares to your pretty face"). Between these grand museum trips, he drops down to mundane daily life: looking for her in his Ginkgo Biloba vitamin supplements, spotting her in leftover kitchen soup (en la sopa que dejé en la cocina), and even fitting her into the sudoku de mi sinfonía ("the sudoku of my symphony"). It is sweet, poetic, and delightfully eccentric.
