| Él creyó haber nacido para actor
| He thought he was born to be an actor
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| Como Marlon Brando, como Paco Rabal
| Like Marlon Brando, like Paco Rabal
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| Con Sofía Loren, con Lauren Bacall
| With Sofia Loren, with Lauren Bacall
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| Y algo cambió en su guión
| And something changed in his script
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| Su papel de actor la vida no escribió
| His role as an actor life did not write
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| No hubo recompensa a su tesón
| There was no reward for his tenacity
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| Se quedó esperando la ocasión
| He was waiting for the opportunity
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| Y algo cambió en su guión
| And something changed in his script
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| Hoy es un hombre establecido
| Today he is an established man
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| Muy respetado y más envidiado
| Highly respected and most envied
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| Que fue una futura promesa
| What was a future promise
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| Pero hoy en casa y frente al espejo
| But today at home and in front of the mirror
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| Ensaya papeles que le quedan viejos
| He rehearses papers that are old
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| La noche americana le pudo
| The American night could
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| Pero algo cambió su papel
| But something changed his role
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| Algo cambio su papel
| Something changed his role
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| La vida cambió su papel
| Life changed her role
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| Algo cambió su papel
| Something changed his role
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| Ahora cambiaría su chalet
| Now he would change his chalet
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| Por un papelito a lo Chevalier
| For a piece of paper a la Chevalier
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| Por una aparición junto a John Wayne
| For an appearance alongside John Wayne
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| Si pudiera el tiempo atrás retroceder
| If I could turn back time
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| Y volver a intentarlo otra vez
| And try again
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| Pero sólo hubo un camino que escoger
| But there was only one path to choose
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| Nunca se olvida en aquel teatro
| You never forget in that theater
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| Rodeado de aplausos momento tan grato
| Surrounded by applause, such a pleasant moment
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| Toda una futura promesa
| All future promise
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| Un buen comentario en una columna
| A good comment in a column
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| Viejo recorte bien conservado
| Well preserved old clipping
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| Toda una promesa quebrada | All a broken promise |