You Wanna Meet Me in La Habana?

You Wanna Meet Me in La Habana?

You wanna meet me in La Habana?

Near Hemingway’s favorite bar

The Floridita…

Which is now an air-cooled

Semi-deserted hideaway?

We’ll meet next door

At the Café de los Farnes

Where we can sit outside

And smoke cigars

All day long

And watch the pretty women

Pass by on the way to…

The laundry… or the bread line

Or just to see their novio.

At night we can go

To Café Monserrate

And view the modern day

Parque zoologico of Western deviants

Demimondaines

And your occasional

Dance aficionado.

We’ll dance with the old man

With the big cigar

And I’ll see that you get home

To your casa particular,

But not until we dance

Our asses off at the Casa de la Cultura.

OK… you agree?

You meet me in La Habana?