| Yo era de un barrio pobre
| I was from a poor neighborhood
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| del centro de la cuidad
| from downtown
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| Ella de clase alta pa decir verdad
| She high class to tell the truth
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| montada en un mercedes
| mounted on a mercedes
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| automático dos puertas
| automatic two doors
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| yo rodando en ontrate
| me rolling in ontrate
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| con un pie adentro, otro afuera
| with one foot in, one foot out
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| Ella en la Pedro Henríquez
| She in the Pedro Henríquez
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| yo estudiante de la UASD
| I student of the UASD
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| ella Summa Cum Laude
| She Summa Cum Laude
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| yo «suma dificultad»
| I "great difficulty"
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| Pero el amor se viste
| But love wears
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| de lino y de franela
| linen and flannel
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| y cada día que pasa
| and every day that passes
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| yo me enamoro de ella, ay oye
| I fall in love with her, oh hey
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| Me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| de sus ojos claros
| of her of her of her eyes of her clear
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| de su risa bella
| of her of her laughter of her beauty
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| Ella en un club de tenis
| She in a tennis club
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| yo a veces juego billar
| I sometimes play billiards
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| ella almuerza en El Lina
| She has lunch at El Lina
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| yo en un comedor social
| me in a soup kitchen
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| Tiene en su residencia
| She has her in her residence
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| un sauna, una piscina
| a sauna, a swimming pool
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| en mi pensión dos cubetas
| in my pension two buckets
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| para mojarme la vida
| to wet my life
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| Ella en bienes raíces
| she in real estate
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| hereda la Capital
| inherits the capital
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| yo tengo que hacer magia
| I have to do magic
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| para trabajar
| to work
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| Pero el amor se anida
| But love nests
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| y no sabe de cuentas
| and she doesn't know about accounts
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| y cada día que pasa
| and every day that passes
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| yo me enamoro de ella, ay oye
| I fall in love with her, oh hey
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| Me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| de sus ojos claros
| of her of her of her eyes of her clear
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| de su risa bella
| of her of her laughter of her beauty
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| Esta historia se escribe
| This story is written
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| sin principio ni final
| without beginning or end
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| ella estando en sus buenas
| she being in her good ones
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| y yo siempre estando mal
| and I always being bad
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| Pero el amor se viste
| But love wears
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| de lino y de franela
| linen and flannel
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| y cada día que pasa
| and every day that passes
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| yo me enamoro de ella, ay ombe
| I fall in love with her, oh ombe
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| Me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| de sus ojos claros
| of her of her of her eyes of her clear
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| de su risa bella
| of her of her laughter of her beauty
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| Si ella cediera un poco
| If she would give a little
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| mi vida fuera ideal
| my life was ideal
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| bájate de esa nube
| Get down from the cloud
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| y deja de soñar
| and she stops dreaming
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| Es que el amor se viste
| is that love is dressed
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| de lino y de franela
| linen and flannel
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| y cada día que pasa
| and every day that passes
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| yo me enamoro de ella, ay oye
| I fall in love with her, oh hey
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| Me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| de sus ojos claros
| of her of her of her eyes of her clear
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| de su risa bella
| of her of her laughter of her beauty
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| Me enamoro de ella (si tú te vas…)
| I fall in love with her (if you leave…)
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| me enamoro de ella
| I fall in love with her
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| de sus ojos claros
| of her of her of her eyes of her clear
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| de su risa bella
| of her of her laughter of her beauty
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| me enamoro de ella | I fall in love with her |