| Eres un canijo pero sabes ya
| You are a puny but you already know
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| Que a la vida da asco verla
| That life is disgusting to see
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| Y que todo lo que te han contado
| And that everything they have told you
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| Y todas las mentiras que te ha hecho tragar
| And all the lies that she's made you swallow
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| En el colegio el señor maestro
| In the school the teacher
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| Sólo han servido para que ahora sepas
| They have only served so that now you know
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| Que ésto es un camelo
| That this is a camelo
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| Pura y simple tomadura de pelo
| Pure and simple tease
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| Porque ahora el pasado, por arte de magia
| Because now the past, by magic
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| Tiene vida propia y va cambiando
| It has a life of its own and it is changing
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| Según convenga alterar biografías
| As appropriate to alter biographies
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| En la enciclopedia, limpiando con Zotal
| In the encyclopedia, cleaning with Zotal
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| Para que no huelan los hechos
| So they don't smell the facts
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| Que nunca es bueno que la gente sepa
| That it's never good for people to know
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| Porque reyes y presidentes son
| Because kings and presidents are
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| Y serán por siempre
| And they will be forever
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| Grandes figuras incuestionables
| Unquestionable great figures
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| Ante quienes hay que doblar el espinazo
| To whom you have to bend your spine
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| Dar taconazo, besar su mano
| Give heel, kiss his hand
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| Honrar su sable y que Dios les salve
| Honor their saber and may God save them
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| Por éso nunca conviene olvidarse
| That's why you should never forget
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| De nadie y hacer memoria
| From no one and remember
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| E intentar averiguar la verdadera historia
| And try to find out the real story
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| Y cuanto más arriba y más atrás
| And the higher and further back
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| Mira y verás cómo te sorprende
| Look and you will see how it surprises you
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| El poco disimulo con que todo el mundo
| The little dissimulation with which everyone
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| Cambia de chaqueta, corbata, gabardina
| Change your jacket, tie, trench coat
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| O chandal, pero nunca de gallumbos
| Or tracksuit, but never gallumbos
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| Y todos a una pisándote la chepa
| And all together stepping on your hump
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| Arrampla, trinca, malversa
| Arrampla, lashing, embezzlement
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| Que siga el pasodoble, la juerga flamenca
| Let the double step continue, the flamenco spree
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| Y grita con ellos: «Vivan las caenas»
| And he shouts with them: «Long live the caenas»
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| Rompe ya tu silencio
| Break your silence now
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| Dale duro al que te dió primero
| Hit the one who hit you first
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| Únete a la disidencia, piensa y que no te cojan
| Join the dissidence, think and don't get caught
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| Que no te cojan
| don't get caught
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| Eres un canijo pero sabes ya
| You are a puny but you already know
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| Que a la vida da asco verla
| That life is disgusting to see
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| Y que estás padeciendo una náusea constante
| And that you're suffering from constant nausea
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| De tragarte siempre los mismos fraudes
| Of always swallowing the same frauds
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| Y girar, sin parar
| And spin, endlessly
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| Encima de un pedrusco que ha dado ya
| On top of a boulder that he has already given
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| Demasiadas vueltas, demasiadas veces
| Too many turns, too many times
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| En el mismo sitio y sobre un mismo eje
| In the same place and on the same axis
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| Y ya lo has comprobado
| And you've already checked
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| A cada tropiezo le sigue un palo
| Every stumble is followed by a stick
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| Nada sirve para nada
| nothing is useless
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| El príncipe nunca se convierte en rana
| The prince never turns into a frog
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| Y una y otra vez se pone en marcha
| And over and over he sets off
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| La misma manivela que mueve el engranaje
| The same crank that moves the gear
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| Y trocea en estaciones, de lunes a viernes
| And cut into seasons, from Monday to Friday
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| Domingos y festivos, el tiempo que te queda
| Sundays and holidays, the time you have left
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| Para verlas venir e intentar discernir
| To see them coming and try to discern
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| Entre tanta morralla que ya les vale
| Among so much trash that is worth it
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| De cuentos chinos y embustes oficiales
| Chinese tales and official lies
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| Punto final y mucho cuidadito
| Final point and be very careful
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| Con hacer recordar quien fuera
| With making remember who was
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| El delfín del anciano general
| The Elder General's Dauphin
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| Aunque ya da igual
| Although it doesn't matter
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| Porque hoy los supuestos contestatarios
| Because today the alleged protesters
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| Viven también de las arcas del estado
| They also live from the coffers of the state
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| Rompe ya tu silencio
| Break your silence now
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| Dale duro al que te dió primero
| Hit the one who hit you first
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| Únete a la disidencia, piensa y que no te cojan
| Join the dissidence, think and don't get caught
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| Que no te cojan
| don't get caught
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| Eres un canijo pero sabes ya
| You are a puny but you already know
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| Que a la vida da asco verla
| That life is disgusting to see
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| Pero ésto es lo que hay y éso es lo que pasa
| But this is what it is and that's what happens
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| Si no quieres caldo toma siete tazas
| If you don't want broth take seven cups
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| Y todos a una pisándote la chepa
| And all together stepping on your hump
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| Arrampla, trinca, malversa
| Arrampla, lashing, embezzlement
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| Que siga el pasodoble, la juerga flamenca
| Let the double step continue, the flamenco spree
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| Y grita con ellos: «Vivan las caenas»
| And he shouts with them: «Long live the caenas»
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| Rompe ya tu silencio
| Break your silence now
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| Dale duro al que te dió primero
| Hit the one who hit you first
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| Únete a la disidencia, piensa y que no te cojan
| Join the dissidence, think and don't get caught
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| Que no, que no
| No, no
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| Que no te cojan | don't get caught |