Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Pedro Navaja , by - Fania All Stars. Release date: 25.09.2020
Song language: Spanish
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Pedro Navaja , by - Fania All Stars. Pedro Navaja(original) |
| Por la esquina del viejo barrio lo vi pasar |
| Con el tumbao que tienen los guapos al caminar |
| Las manos siempre en los bolsillos de su gabán |
| Pa’que no sepan en el cual de ellas lleva el puñal |
| Usa un sobrero de ala ancha de medio la’o |
| Y zapatillas pa’si hay problemas salir vola’o |
| Lentes oscuros pa’que no sepan que está mirando |
| Y un diente de oro que cuando ríe se ve brillando |
| Como a tres cuadras de aquella esquina una mujer |
| Va recorriendo la acera entera por quinta vez |
| Y en un zaguán entra y se da un trago para olvidar |
| Que el día está flojo y no hay clientes pa’trabajar |
| Un carro pasa muy despacito por la avenida |
| No tiene marcas pero to’saben que es policía |
| Pedro Navaja y el diente de oro vuelva a brillar |
| Mientras camina pasa la vista de esquina a esquina |
| No se ve un alma está desierta to’a la avenida |
| Cuando de pronto esa mujer sale del zaguán |
| Y Pedro Navaja aprieta un puño dentro del gabán |
| Mira pa’un lado mira pa’el otro y no ve a nadie |
| Y a la carrera pero sin ruido cruza la calle |
| Y mientras tanto en la otra acera va esa mujer |
| Refunfuñando pues no hizo pesos con que comer |
| Mientras camina del viejo abrigo saca un revólver esa mujer |
| Iba a guardarlo en su cartera pa’que no estorbe |
| Un treinta y ocho smith and wesson del especial |
| Que carga encima pa’que la libre de todo mal |
| Y Pedro Navaja puñal en mano le fue pa’encima |
| El diente de oro iba alumbrando to' a la avenida «guiso fácil» |
| Mientras reía el puñal le hundía sin compasión |
| Cuando de pronto sonó un disparo como una cañón |
| Y Pedro Navaja cayó en la acera mientras veía, a esa mujer |
| Que revólver en mano y de muerte herida a él le decía |
| Yo que pensaba hoy no es mi día, estoy salá' |
| Pero Pedro Navaja tu estás peor no estás en ná' |
| Y créanme gente que aunque hubo ruido nadie salió |
| No hubo curiosos, no hubo preguntas nadie lloró |
| Sólo un borracho con los dos muertos se tropezó |
| Cogió el revólver, el puñal, los pesos y se marchó |
| Y tropezando se fue cantando desafina’o |
| El coro que aquí les traje y da el mensaje mi canción |
| La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida ¡ay dios! |
| Pedro Navaja ladrón de esquina |
| Quien a hierro mata a hierro termina |
| La vida te da … |
| Maleante pescador pa’el anzuelo que tiraste |
| En vez de una sardina un tiburón enganchaste |
| I like to live in America |
| La vida te da … |
| Ocho millones de historias tiene la ciudad de Nueva York |
| La vida te da … |
| Como decia mi abuelita el que dé último rie se rie mejor |
| I like to live in America |
| La vida te da |
| Cuando lo manda el destino no lo cambia ni el mas bravo |
| Si naciste pa’martillo del cielo te caen los clavos |
| La vida te da … |
| En barrio de guapo cuidado en la acera |
| Cuidao cámara que el que no corre vuela |
| La vida te da … |
| Como en una novela de Kafka |
| El borracho dobló por el callejón |
| (translation) |
| I saw him pass by the corner of the old neighborhood |
| With the tumbao that handsome men have when walking |
| Hands always in the pockets of his coat |
| So that they do not know in which of them he carries the dagger |
| Wear a wide-brimmed, half-round hat |
| And slippers for if there are problems to fly out |
| Dark glasses so they don't know what you're looking at |
| And a gold tooth that shines when he laughs |
| About three blocks from that corner a woman |
| She walks the entire sidewalk for the fifth time |
| And in a hall she enters and takes a drink to forget |
| That the day is lazy and there are no clients to work |
| A car passes very slowly down the avenue |
| He has no marks but everyone knows he is a police officer |
| Pedro Navaja and the gold tooth shines again |
| As he walks he looks from corner to corner |
| Not a soul is seen, the entire avenue is deserted |
| When suddenly that woman comes out of the hall |
| And Pedro Navaja squeezes a fist inside his coat |
| He looks to one side he looks to the other and he doesn't see anyone |
| And on the run but without noise she crosses the street |
| And meanwhile on the other sidewalk is that woman |
| Grumbling because she did not make pesos with which to eat |
| While walking from the old coat that woman takes out a revolver |
| She was going to keep it in her bag so she wouldn't get in the way |
| One thirty-eight smith and wesson from the special |
| That she carries on top to free her from all evil |
| And Pedro Navaja, dagger in hand, went over the top |
| The gold tooth was lighting up all the avenue "easy stew" |
| While he laughed the dagger she plunged him without compassion |
| When suddenly she rang a shot like a cannon |
| And Pedro Navaja fell on the sidewalk while he saw that woman |
| That revolver in hand and of wounded death he told him |
| I thought today is not my day, I'm out |
| But Pedro Navaja, you're worse, you're not in anything |
| And believe me people that although there was noise nobody came out |
| There were no onlookers, there were no questions, no one cried |
| Just a drunk with the two dead tripped |
| He took the revolver, the dagger, the pesos and left |
| And stumbling he left singing out of tune |
| The choir that I brought you here and my song gives the message |
| Life gives you surprises, life gives you surprises, oh god! |
| Pedro Navaja corner thief |
| Who kills iron to iron ends |
| The life give you … |
| Maleante fisherman for the hook that you threw |
| Instead of a sardine, you hooked a shark |
| I like to live in America |
| The life give you … |
| Eight million stories has the city of New York |
| The life give you … |
| As my grandmother used to say, the one who laughs last laughs best |
| I like to live in America |
| The life give you |
| When destiny sends it, not even the bravest changes it |
| If you were born for a hammer from heaven, the nails will fall on you |
| The life give you … |
| In handsome neighborhood care on the sidewalk |
| Take care camera that the one who does not run flies |
| The life give you … |
| Like in a Kafka novel |
| The drunk turned down the alley |
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