| Aqui estoy establecido,
| Here I am established
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| En los Estados Unidos,
| In the U.S,
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| Diez aos pasaron ya,
| Ten years have passed
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| En que cruce de mojado,
| In what wet crossing,
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| Papeles no he arreglado,
| Papers I have not fixed,
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| Sigo siendo un ilegal,
| I'm still an illegal
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| Tengo mi esposa y mis hijos,
| I have my wife and my children,
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| Que me ls traje muy chicos,
| That I brought very guys,
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| Y se han olvidado ya,
| And they have already forgotten,
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| De mi MEXICO querido,
| From my dear MEXICO,
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| Del que yo nunca me olvido,
| Which I never forget
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| Y no puedo regresar,
| And I can't go back
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| De que me sirve el dinero,
| What use is money to me?
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| Si estoy como prisionero,
| If I am as a prisoner,
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| Dentro desta gran nacion,
| Within this great nation,
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| Cuando me acuerdo hasta lloro,
| When I remember I even cry,
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| Aunque la jaula sea de oro,
| Although the cage is made of gold,
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| No deja de ser prision,
| It does not stop being a prison,
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| «Y ESCUCHAME HIJO,
| "AND LISTEN TO ME SON,
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| TE GUSTARIA QUE REGRESARAMOS A VIVIR A MEXICO,»
| WOULD YOU LIKE US TO COME BACK TO LIVE IN MEXICO,»
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| What’s talkin about dad,
| What's talkin about dad,
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| I don’t wanna go back to MEXICO,
| I don't wanna go back to MEXICO,
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| No way dad,
| no way dad,
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| Mis hijos no hablan conmigo,
| My kids don't talk to me
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| Otro idioma han aprendido,
| They have learned another language
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| Y olvidado el espaol,
| And forgetting Spanish,
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| Piensan como americanos,
| They think like Americans
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| Niegan que son MEXICANO
| They deny that they are MEXICAN
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| Auque tengan mi color,
| Although they have my color,
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| De mi trabajo a mi casa,
| From my work to my home,
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| No se lo que me pasa,
| I do not know what's happening to me,
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| Que aunque soy hombre de hogar,
| That although I am a man of the home,
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| Casi no salgo a la calle,
| I hardly go out on the street,
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| Pues tengo miedo que me hallen,
| Well, I'm afraid they'll find me
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| Y me pueden deportar,
| And they can deport me,
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| De que me sirve el dinero,
| What use is money to me?
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| Si estoy como prisionero,
| If I am as a prisoner,
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| Dentro desta gran nacion,
| Within this great nation,
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| Cuando me acuerdo hasta lloro,
| When I remember I even cry,
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| Aunque la jaula sea de oro,
| Although the cage is made of gold,
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| No deja de ser prision, | It does not stop being a prison, |