| Juancho Canal era el nombre
| Juancho Canal was the name
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| Del hombre que nada guarda
| Of the man who saves nothing
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| No tuvo una larga vida
| He didn't have a long life
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| Pues la muerte lo buscaba
| Well, death was looking for him
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| Nació violento y canto:
| He was born violent and sang:
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| Era fácil al amor
| It was easy to love
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| En eso no fallo en nada
| In that I do not fail in anything
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| No tuvo padre ni madre
| He had no father or mother
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| Ni perro que le ladrara
| Not even a dog to bark at him
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| Las sombras fueron la cuna
| The shadows were the cradle
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| Las sombras que siempre amparan
| The shadows that always protect
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| Cuando se puso a vivir
| when he began to live
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| Vivió como si?
| He lived as if?
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| Y si hubo días felices
| And if there were happy days
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| Luego ya no fueron nada
| Then they were nothing
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| Juancho Canal era el nombre
| Juancho Canal was the name
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| Del hombre que nada guarda
| Of the man who saves nothing
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| En la mañana no canta
| In the morning he doesn't sing
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| Ni existe nada de nada
| There is nothing at all
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| No bien llegada la noche
| not well come the night
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| Cuando la luz ya no manda
| When the light no longer commands
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| En el cinto va el revolver
| The revolver goes in the belt
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| Y n la mano la guitarra
| And in the hand the guitar
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| Lo emborrachaba el alcohol
| The alcohol got him drunk
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| Como a todos emborracha
| Like everyone he gets drunk
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| También triunfaba n el juego
| He also triumphed in the game
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| La mujer y la parranda
| The woman and the party
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| Le tuvo que doler mucho
| He had to hurt a lot
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| La traición y la emboscada
| The betrayal and the ambush
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| Tuvo que dolerle tanto
| He had to hurt so much
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| Ahora ya no duele nada
| Now nothing hurts
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| Juancho Canal era el nombre
| Juancho Canal was the name
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| Del hombre que nada guarda | Of the man who saves nothing |