Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas, a Me… Read Full Bio ↴Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas, a Mexican singer of rancheras and other Mexican styles. Barradas was born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, and started her career in Mexico City in 1970. In her songs she takes a stance against Mexico's sexist male culture, which has made her popular especially with female audiences. Her signature phrase, with which she often teases male spectators in her shows, is "Me estás oyendo, inútil?" ("Are you listening, useless?") Many admirers, particularly outside Mexico, also appreciate her for her camp value.

Libro Abierto
Paquita La Del Barrio Lyrics

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Dicen de mi
Que yo he sido un libro abierto
donde mucha gente a escrito
No hagas caso, nada es cierto

En blanco esta
nadie supo escribir nada.
No dejaron ni una huella

nadie le importaba nada

Me importas tu.
Tu si escribes muy bonito

Para ti soy libro abierto
Escribe en mi, te necesito

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Paquita La Del Barrio's song "Libro Abierto" describe the subject of the song as being an open book, with many people writing in it. However, the subject urges the listeners to not believe everything they hear because nothing is true. The lyrics then go on to state that the book is blank, and no one has ever written anything in it. There are no traces left, and no one cared enough to write anything. The narrative changes, and the subject then addresses the listener directly, saying that they (the listener) are the one that writes really beautifully. The subject then offers themselves as an open book for the listener to write in, stating that they need the listener to write in them.

Line by Line Meaning

Dicen de mi
People gossip about me

Que yo he sido un libro abierto
Saying that I am an open book

donde mucha gente a escrito
where many people have written

No hagas caso, nada es cierto
Pay no mind, nothing is true

En blanco esta
I am blank

nadie supo escribir nada.
No one knew how to write anything

No dejaron ni una huella
They didn't even leave a mark

nadie le importaba nada
No one cared

Me importas tu.
I care about you

Tu si escribes muy bonito
You write beautifully

Para ti soy libro abierto
I am an open book for you