| Desde muy pequeño tuve un sueño
| From a very young age I had a dream
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| De viajar y conocer el extranjero
| To travel and meet abroad
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| En mi mente yo pintaba
| In my mind I painted
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| Rascacielos de colores frescos
| Cool colored skyscrapers
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| Me dijeron que el dinero
| They told me that the money
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| Se encontraba por montones en el suelo
| It was found in heaps on the ground
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| Un día del mes de octubre
| One day in the month of October
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| Del año no me acuerdo
| I don't remember the year
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| Empaque yo mismo letras con un sueño
| pack myself lyrics with a dream
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| Y salí de mi país sin importar lo que dejaba
| And I left my country no matter what I left
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| En cada puerto que llegaba me mojaba
| In each port that arrived I got wet
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| En cada puerto que llegaba hay, hay, hay
| In each port that arrived there is, there is, there is
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| Hambre, frió, sueño
| Hungry, cold, sleepy
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| El viaje parecía eterno
| The journey seemed eternal
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| Gritos de mis compañeros
| shouts of my companions
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| Que estaban extrañando a su pueblo
| that they were missing their people
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| Que estaban extrañando a su pueblo
| that they were missing their people
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| (Una canción con sentimientos de Veras)
| (A song with feelings from Veras)
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| (Joe Veras)
| (Joe Veras)
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| Cada día que pasaba era más difícil La travesía
| Every day that passed was more difficult The journey
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| Los guardias, los perros todo el día
| The guards, the dogs all day
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| Nos perseguían y varios de mis compañeros
| They were chasing us and several of my companions
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| Se quedaron flotando en ese sueño
| They stayed floating in that dream
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| Y nunca lograron su fantasía
| And they never achieved their fantasy
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| De los diez llegamos tres
| Of the ten we arrived three
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| A las calles de Manhattan mire usted
| Look at the streets of Manhattan
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| Y yo que pinte rascacielos de colores frescos y ya usted ve
| And I paint skyscrapers in fresh colors and you see
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| Hambre, frió, sueño
| Hungry, cold, sleepy
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| El viaje parecía eterno gritos de mis compañeros
| The trip seemed eternal shouts from my companions
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| Que estaban extrañando su pueblo
| that they were missing their town
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| Hambre, frió, sueño
| Hungry, cold, sleepy
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| El viaje se me hizo eterno
| The trip seemed eternal
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| Gritos, guardias y perros
| Screams, guards and dogs
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| Pensaba que viajaba al infierno
| I thought I was traveling to hell
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| Y no fue como me lo pintaron
| And it wasn't how they painted it for me
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| Y no fue como me lo pintaron
| And it wasn't how they painted it for me
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| Y de los que llegamos juntos (La, la, la)
| And of those of us who arrived together (La, la, la)
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| Algunos ya son difuntos (hay, hay, hay)
| Some are already deceased (there are, there are, there are)
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| Y de los que llegamos juntos algunos ya son difuntos
| And of those of us who arrived together, some are already deceased
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| Dígame usted que escucho la historia
| tell me you heard the story
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| Si no merezco la gloria
| If I don't deserve the glory
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| Dígame usted que escucho la historia
| tell me you heard the story
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| Si no merezco la gloria | If I don't deserve the glory |