| Iba duro pero armado hasta los dientes por la vida
| He was going tough but armed to the teeth for life
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| Y no había otra, lo tenia que hacer
| And there was no other, she had to do it
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| Iba solo a puente alsina y veía policías en los bares
| He went alone to Puente Alsina and saw policemen in the bars
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| Y en la calle también
| And on the street too
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| Le llevaba a los tangueros 15 mogras del abuelo
| He brought the tangueros 15 mogras from his grandfather
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| Que era el capo de la calle tomás de anchorena
| That he was the capo of Tomás de Anchorena street
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| La del chofi, de la mala, de la buena
| The one with the chofi, the bad one, the good one
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| Toman todos perinola mortal
| They all take deadly whirligig
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| Paranoica fierita te cargabas una cantidad
| Paranoid fierita you charged an amount
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| Se encontró con los tangueros, unas perras, un tumbero
| He met the tangueros, some bitches, a tumbero
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| Dos modernos que fumaban mucho crack, y un pirómano bombero
| Two moderns who smoked a lot of crack, and a firefighter arsonist
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| Todo en un pequeño agujero que decía le gustaba incendiar
| All in a little hole that he said he liked to set on fire
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| Pero que era tan, tan bueno que siempre apagaba
| But that he was so, so good that he always turned off
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| El fuego que tenía la ilusión de crear
| The fire that I had the illusion of creating
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| Un planeta imaginario para amar y hacer el daño
| An imaginary planet to love and hurt
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| Donde no esté prohibido desear
| Where it is not forbidden to wish
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| Buenos aires igualito que en los tiempos de roberto arlt
| Buenos Aires just like in the times of Roberto Arlt
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| El sabía que guardaban la mandanga en una media
| He knew that they kept the boss in a stocking
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| En la viola, en el ropero o en el sucio bandoneón
| On the viola, in the wardrobe or on the dirty bandoneon
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| Los tangueros eran viejos muy dementes, muy despiertos
| The tangueros were very insane old men, very awake
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| Si podían no pagar, les resultaba mejor
| If they could not pay, it was better for them
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| Y nunca tomaban mucho, les vendían a los giles
| And they never took much, they sold to the giles
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| Para que se den coraje, fuerza, coraje y valor
| So that they give each other courage, strength, courage and valor
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| Paranoica fierita: miserables mercachifles
| Paranoid fierita: miserable hucksters
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| Esto ya parece un chiste
| This already seems like a joke
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| O me pagan o les hundo uno a uno el cañón
| Either they pay me or I sink the cannon one by one
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| Narrador: se llevó toda la merca, al tumbero lo hizo socio
| Narrator: he took all the merchandise, he made the tumbero a partner
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| Y el abuelo así un buen día lo recompensó
| And the grandfather rewarded him one fine day
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| Le dió flores, caballito hasta el parque rivadavia
| He gave her flowers, a horse to the Rivadavia park
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| Le dió un super porcentaje y una gran comisión
| He gave him a super percentage and a great commission
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| Que no hiciera mucho ruido, que no fuera presumido
| That he didn't make a lot of noise, that he wasn't presumptuous
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| Guarda con los de la noche, guarda con el rock and roll
| Keep up with the nighties, keep up with rock and roll
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| Los consejos le sirvieron, fue ganando su respeto
| The advice served him, he was gaining his respect
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| Y fue clásico y astuto con la tradición
| And he was classic and cunning with tradition
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| Y así se cargo al abuelo, se quedó con todo y no desanimó
| And so he took charge of the grandfather, he kept everything and did not discourage
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| Paranoica fierita iba armado hasta los dientes
| Paranoid fierita he was armed to the teeth
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| Pero ahora, treinta años después
| But now, thirty years later
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| Lo eligieron empresario metalúrgico del año
| He was elected Metallurgical Entrepreneur of the Year
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| Los muchachos se lo quieren comer
| The boys want to eat it
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| El tumbero ya no es socio, le vigila los negocios
| The tumbero is no longer a partner, he watches over his business
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| Y le lleva chicos del comedor popular y solidario por la patria
| And he brings him boys from the popular and supportive dining room for the country
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| Y en el baño les ofrece sueldo alto y pasión
| And in the bathroom he offers them a high salary and passion
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| Le gustaba el rubiecito de ojos verdes
| He liked the blonde with green eyes
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| Paranoica fierita: ese es un bombón
| Paranoid fierita: that's a hottie
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| Narrador: le decían el polaco y por un par de morlacos
| Narrator: They called him the Polish and for a couple of morlacos
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| Cocinaba guiso en el comedor
| He cooked stew in the dining room
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| Que no era ningún boludo
| That he was not an idiot
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| Registró todo en un walkman
| He recorded everything on a walkman
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| Sus gemidos y los de su patrón, las promesas de los viajes
| His moans and those of his employer, the promises of travel
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| Matrimonio en filipinas, los pedidos de la ropa interior
| Marriage in the Philippines, underwear orders
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| El tumbero lo sabía, el polaco era su otelo
| The tumbero knew it, the Polish was his othello
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| Y él su yago para hacerle el favor
| And he his yago from him to do him a favor
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| Paranoica fierita, juan lewinsky se te enamoró | Paranoid fierita, juan lewinsky fell in love with you |