Lyrics of La Banda Del Carro Rojo - Los Tigres Del Norte

La Banda Del Carro Rojo (original)

Dicen que venian del sur
En un carro colorado
Traian cien kilos de coca
Iban con rumbo a Chicago
Asi lo dijo el soplon
Que los habia denunciado
Ya habian pasado la aduana
La que esta en El Paso, Texas
Pero en mero San Antonio
Lo estaban esperando
Eran los rinches de Texas
Que comandan el condado
Una sirena lloraba
Un emigrante gritaba
Que detuvieran el carro
Para que lo registraran
Y que no se resistieran
Porque si no los mataban
Surge un M-16
Cuando iba rugiendo el aire
El faro de una patrulla
Se vio volar por el aire
Asi empezo aquel combate
Donde fue aquella masacre
Decia Lino Quintana
Esto tenia que pasar
Mis companeros han muerto
Ya no podran declarar
Y yo lo siento sheriff
Porque yo no se cantar
De los siete que murieron
Solo las cruces quedaron
Cuatro eran del carro rojo
Los otros tres del gobierno
Por ellos no se preocupen
Iran con Lino al infierno
Dicen que eran del Cantil
Otros que eran del Altar
Hasta por ahi dicen muchos
Que procedian del Parral
La verdad nunca se supo
Nadie los fue a declarar

(translation)

They say they came from the south
In a red car
They brought a hundred kilos of coca
They were headed for Chicago
That's what the snitch said
who had reported them
They had already passed customs
The one in El Paso, Texas
But in mere San Antonio
they were waiting for him
They were the rinches of Texas
who command the county
a mermaid cried
An emigrant shouted
stop the car
to be registered
And that they did not resist
Because if they didn't kill them
An M-16 emerges
When the air was roaring
The beacon of a patrol
She saw herself fly through the air
That's how that fight started
where was that massacre
Lino Quintana said
this had to happen
my companions have died
They will no longer be able to declare
And I'm sorry sheriff
Because I don't know how to sing
Of the seven who died
Only the crosses remained
Four were from the red car
The other three from the government
Don't worry about them
Go with Lino to hell
They say they were from the Cantil
Others who were from the Altar
Up there many say
that came from Parral
The truth was never known
No one went to declare them