| Bajo el cielo gris yo miro pasar el tiempo
| Under the gray sky I watch time pass
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| Vuela el pensamiento y me pongo a recordar
| The thought flies and I start to remember
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| Que en este lugar de hierro y de cemento
| That in this place of iron and cement
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| Era un rancho a ahora es la ciudad
| It was a ranch now it is the city
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| Mi viejo caballo ya no esta contento
| My old horse is no longer happy
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| Fue mi compañero y ahora muy solito esta
| He was my partner and now he is very lonely
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| Poruqe la pradera se ha ido consumiendo
| Because the prairie has been consumed
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| Ya no tiene en donde cabalgar
| He no longer has a place to ride
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| Cielo gris, cielo gris, me pongo a pensar
| Gray sky, gray sky, I get to thinking
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| Que en esta ciudad, cielo gris, cielo gris
| That in this city, gray sky, gray sky
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| El sol ya no esta, ya no brillara
| The sun is no longer, it will no longer shine
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| Cielo gris, cielo gris, lloro porque azul ya no sera
| Gray sky, gray sky, I cry because blue will no longer be
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| Todos mis amigos se han ido muriendo
| All my friends have been dying
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| Estan en el cielo, dios ya los mando a llamar
| They are in heaven, God already sent them to call
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| Siempre los recuerdo y se que estan contentos
| I always remember them and I know they are happy
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| Cabalgando hacia la eternidad
| Riding into eternity
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| Valles y montañas, oigan el lamento
| Valleys and mountains, hear the cry
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| Del viejo vaquero que no los olvidara
| From the old cowboy who will not forget them
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| El señor me llama, espero mi momento
| The lord calls me, I wait for my moment
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| Mi caballo me acompañara
| my horse will accompany me
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| Cielo gris, cielo gris, me pongo a pensar
| Gray sky, gray sky, I get to thinking
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| Que en esta ciudad, cielo gris, cielo gris
| That in this city, gray sky, gray sky
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| El sol ya no esta, ya no brillara
| The sun is no longer, it will no longer shine
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| Cielo gris, cielo gris, lloro porque azul ya no sera | Gray sky, gray sky, I cry because blue will no longer be |