Lyrics of Pedro Navaja - Fania All Stars

Pedro Navaja - Fania All Stars
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Date of issue: 25.09.2020
Song language: Spanish

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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