| Es cierto, sé que todos tus amantes
| It's true, I know all your lovers
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| Fueron jugadores pretendiendo haber dejado el juego
| It was players pretending to have left the game
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| Conozco a esos hombres y no es fácil
| I know those men and it's not easy
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| Coger la mano de alguien que quiere alcanzar el cielo
| To hold the hand of someone who wants to reach the sky
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| Alguien que quiere alcanzar el cielo
| Someone who wants to reach the sky
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| Y al recoger el comodín que se olvidó
| And when picking up the joker that he forgot
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| Descubres que no te ha dejado mucho más que nada
| You find that he hasn't left you much more than anything
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| Él como cualquier jugador se retiró
| He, like any player, retired
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| Cansado de esperar por una carta aún más alta
| Tired of waiting for an even higher card
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| Como San José buscando un pesebre
| Like Saint Joseph looking for a manger
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| Como San José buscando un pesebre
| Like Saint Joseph looking for a manger
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| Y un día con serenidad te dice que
| And one day with serenity he tells you that
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| Su voluntad se debilitó con tu amor y tu cobijo
| His will was weakened by your love and your shelter
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| Sacará de su cartera un viejo horario de trenes
| He will take out of his wallet an old train schedule
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| Y dirá: «te dije al llegar que era un extranjero
| And he will say: "I told you when you arrived that he was a foreigner
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| Te dije al llegar que era un extranjero.»
| I told you when you arrived that he was a foreigner. »
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| Pero ahora ves que hay alguien más que esconde
| But now you see there's someone else hiding
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| Sueños y demás como si fueran la carga de otro
| Dreams and so on as if they were someone else's burden
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| Ya has visto a ese hombre antes repartiendo cartas
| You've seen that man before dealing cards
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| Con su brazo de oro que ahora está oxidado
| With his golden arm of his that is now rusty
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| Y te ofrece juego a cambio de cobijo
| And he offers you game in exchange for shelter
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| Y canciones a cambio de cobijo
| And songs in exchange for shelter
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| Y tú odias ver a otro extranjero como aquel primero
| And you hate to see another foreigner like that first
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| Haciéndote creer que ha dejado el juego | Making you believe that he has left the game |
| Y mientras él oculta un as adviertes
| And while he hides an ace you notice
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| Un camino serpenteando como humo entre la nieve
| A road winding like smoke through the snow
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| Y de pronto sientes que envejeces
| And suddenly you feel like you're getting old
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| Le dices que puede pasar, pero oyes algo
| You tell him that it can happen, but you hear something
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| Y al girarte ves la puerta abierta y nadie en ella
| And when you turn you see the open door and nobody in it
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| Está junto a la ventana y no tienes nada que temer
| It's by the window and you have nothing to fear
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| Eres tú, mi amor, tú eres la extranjera
| It is you, my love, you are the foreigner
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| Tú mi amor, la única extranjera
| You my love, the only foreigner
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| Quise esperar, sabía que te encontraría en este tren
| I wanted to wait, I knew that I would meet you on this train
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| Ya es hora de ir cogiendo otro
| It is time to go grabbing another
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| Entiende por favor que nunca tuve un plan
| Please understand that I never had a plan
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| Para llegar a este sitio o a cualquier otro
| To reach this site or any other
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| Y cuando te habla así no sabes que pretende
| And when he talks to you like that, you don't know what he means
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| Mañana podemos quedar bajo el puente
| Tomorrow we can meet under the bridge
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| O junto al mar que se extiende hacia el infinito
| Or by the sea that stretches to infinity
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| Y sube al coche-cama dejando el andén vacío
| And get into the sleeping car leaving the platform empty
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| Y entiendes que él nunca fue sincero
| And you understand that he was never sincere
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| Que él no era aquel extranjero
| That he was not that foreigner
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| Y dices: «vale, bajo el puente es perfecto.»
| And you say, "okay, under the bridge is perfect."
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| Y al recoger el comodín que se olvidó
| And when picking up the joker that he forgot
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| Descubres que no te ha dejado mucho más que nada
| You find out he hasn't left you much more than anything
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| Él como cualquier jugador se retiró
| He, like any player, retired
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| Cansado de esperar por una carta aún más alta
| Tired of waiting for an even higher card
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| Como San José buscando un pesebre
| Like Saint Joseph looking for a manger
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| Como San José buscando un pesebre | Like Saint Joseph looking for a manger |
| Y un día con serenidad te dice que
| And one day with serenity he tells you that
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| Su voluntad se debilitó con tu amor y tu cobijo
| His will was weakened by your love and your shelter
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| Sacará de su cartera un viejo horario de trenes
| He will take an old train schedule out of his wallet
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| Y dirá: «te dije al llegar que era un extranjero
| And he will say: "I told you when you arrived that he was a foreigner
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| Te dije al llegar que era un extranjero
| I told you when I arrived that I was a foreigner
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| Te dije al llegar que era un extranjero
| I told you when I arrived that I was a foreigner
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| Te dije al llegar que era un extranjero
| I told you when I arrived that I was a foreigner
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| (Con todos mis respetos señor Cohen) | (With all due respect Mr. Cohen) |