| Dicen que los años
| They say that the years
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| Son como una cuesta
| They are like a hill
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| Que son como el levante
| that are like the lift
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| Que trastocan la cabeza
| that upset the head
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| Yo he cogido los años
| I have taken the years
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| Los he metido en una cesta
| I have put them in a basket
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| Y he hecho este temita
| And I have made this song
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| Para empezar este fin de fiesta (x3)
| To start this end of party (x3)
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| Un día yo me fui al mundo
| One day I went to the world
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| Y sin saber si iba a volver
| And without knowing if I was going to come back
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| Me fui con mi ropa al hombro
| I left with my clothes on my shoulder
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| Y muchas cosas que aprender
| And many things to learn
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| Me llevé mi guitarrilla
| I took my guitar
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| Un viejo lápiz y un papel
| An old pencil and paper
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| Y para escuchar rumbitas buenas
| And to listen to good rumbitas
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| Hay que escuchar a mi tío Peret
| You have to listen to my uncle Peret
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| (¡ay caramba!)
| (Oh no!)
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| Y tuve que decirle al mundo
| And I had to tell the world
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| Que el amor es un sentimiento
| that love is a feeling
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| A veces claro, a veces oscuro
| Sometimes light, sometimes dark
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| Y que las alegrías o penas van por dentro
| And that the joys or sorrows go inside
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| Que el valiente no es valiente
| That the brave is not brave
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| Por jugar con los amores
| for playing with love
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| Que la soledad es distinta
| That loneliness is different
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| De cuando la desean
| from when they want it
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| A cuando te la imponen
| When they impose it on you
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| Y me fijé que en tu ventana
| And I noticed that in your window
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| Los barrotes eran de acero
| The bars were made of steel
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| Y peleaba con mis ganas
| And I fought with my desire
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| Y maldecía a algún herrero
| And cursed some blacksmith
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| Te vi con ese vestido
| I saw you in that dress
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| Que ceñía tus andares
| that girded your walk
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| Y llamé a tu puertecita
| And I knocked on your little door
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| Pero es que a mi no me abría nadie
| But it is that no one opened for me
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| Abreme la puerta
| Open the door for me
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| Que vengo con muchas ganas
| I come with a lot of desire
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| De mostrar mis sentimientos
| to show my feelings
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| Y decírtelo a la cara (bis)
| And say it to your face (bis)
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| Y otra vez en las estrellas
| And again in the stars
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| Y viajaba por el tiempo
| And I traveled through time
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| Y con mi alma y con mi pluma
| And with my soul and with my pen
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| Y con mi voz hecha silencio
| And with my voice made silent
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| Me sentí todo un bohemio
| I felt like a bohemian
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| Con mi orgullo y mi sombrero
| With my pride and my hat
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| Me di de cara con tanta gente
| I came face to face with so many people
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| Que le di gracias al cielo
| That I thank heaven
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| Al ver a todos cantar a una:
| Seeing everyone sing together:
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| 'Somos los barrieros
| 'We are the sweepers
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| Venimos todos a una
| We all come together
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| Debajo de mi sombrero
| under my hat
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| Mi alma blanca
| my white soul
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| Blanca como la espuma' | White as foam' |