Lyrics of Gracias - José Alfredo Jiménez

Gracias (original)

Como puedo pagar
Que me quieran a mi por todas mis canciones
Ya me puse a pensar y no alcanzo a cubrir
Tan lindas intenciones
He ganado dinero, para comprar un mundo
Mas bonito que el nuestro
Pero todo lo aviento, porque quiero morirme
Como muere mi Pueblo
Yo no quiero saber, que se siente tener
Millones y millones
Si tuviera con que compraria para mi
Otros dos corazones
Para hacerlos vibrar y llenar otra vez
Sus almas de ilusiones
Y poderles pagar, que me quieran a mi
Por todas mis canciones
Deveras, muchas gracias por haberme
Aguantado tanto tiempo
Desde 1968 hasta 2009
Y yo siento que todavia me quieren
Saben porque?
Porque yo he ganado
Mas aplausos que dinero, el dinero
Pues no se ni por donde lo tire
Pero, sus aplausos, esos los traigo
Aqui adentro y no me los quita nadie
Esos se van conmigo hasta la muerte
Y poderles pagar, que me quieran a mi
Por todas mis canciones

(translation)

How can I pay
That they love me for all my songs
I already started to think and I can't cover
so nice intentions
I have earned money, to buy a world
prettier than ours
But I throw everything away, because I want to die
How my town dies
I don't want to know what it feels like to have
Millions and millions
If I had what I would buy for myself
two other hearts
To make them vibrate and fill again
Their souls of illusions
And to be able to pay them, that they love me
for all my songs
Really, thank you very much for having me
held out so long
From 1968 to 2009
And I feel that they still love me
Do you know why?
Because I have won
More applause than money, the money
Well, I don't even know where I threw it
But, your applause, I bring those
Here inside and no one takes them from me
Those go with me to the death
And to be able to pay them, that they love me
for all my songs