| Correteando en la plaza ya están
| Running around in the square they are already
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| Van detrás del patín y el balón
| They go after the skate and the ball
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| Ahí estaba yo trece años atrás
| There I was thirteen years ago
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| Primeros compis para jugar
| First compis to play
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| Primeros sueños para compartir
| First dreams to share
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| Nadie me habló de lo que era vivir aquí
| No one told me what it was like to live here
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| Cómo han cambiado el quiosco y el bar
| How the kiosk and the bar have changed
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| Donde íbamos tu y yo a comprar, en el 86
| Where did you and I go to buy, in 86
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| Los cromos del mundial
| The world cup cards
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| Por un duro me daban dos flash
| For a hard they gave me two flashes
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| Por dos pelas un regaliz
| For two peels a licorice
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| Miro el portal donde empecé a reír
| I look at the portal where I started laughing
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| Hoy pasé por allí pero no era un día más
| Today I passed by there but it was not another day
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| Me he sentado a pensar como los años se van
| I've sat thinking how the years go by
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| Se han gastado como el viejo regaliz
| They've been spent like old licorice
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| Que siempre soñé que no tuviera fin
| That I always dreamed would never end
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| Barrio gris, dos canicas y un patín
| Gray neighborhood, two marbles and a skate
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| Barrio gris, aprendiendo a ser feliz
| Gray neighborhood, learning to be happy
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| Barrio gris, el frío no deja vivir
| Gray neighborhood, the cold does not let live
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| Barrio gris, yo quiero morir así
| Gray neighborhood, I want to die like this
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| Ya crecí y aprendí que saber no es
| I've grown up and learned that knowing is not
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| Como explicaba el hermano José
| As Brother José explained
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| ¿qué sabes de él? | what do you know about him? |
| En la calle si que aprendí
| In the street, yes, I learned
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| Sigo siendo el niño aquel que muchos
| I am still the child that many
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| No quisieron comprender
| They didn't want to understand
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| Bebo por placer, canto por sobrevivir | I drink for pleasure, I sing for survival |