| Querido Tommy, te escribo esta carta
| Dear Tommy, I am writing you this letter
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| No se si tu realmente lees estas cartas
| I don't know if you really read these letters
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| Te escribo para pedirte algo
| I am writing to ask you for something
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| Que para mi es de vida o muerte
| That for me is life or death
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| No pienses que exagero es la verdad
| Do not think that I'm exagerating, it's the truth
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| Mi nombre es Paco y te escribo de Santiago
| My name is Paco and I am writing to you from Santiago
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| Hay una chica que no se sale de mi mente
| There's a girl who won't get out of my mind
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| Para eso eres tan elocuente
| That's why you're so eloquent
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| Y a ella le encanta tus canciones
| And she loves your songs
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| Te imaginas ya por donde voy
| Can you imagine where I'm going
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| Es que con ella no me salen las palabras, y quizás
| It's just that her words don't come out with her, and maybe
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| Tu pudieras ayudarme, a decirle que yo muero aquí por ella
| You could help me, to tell her that I die here for her
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| Y de una forma un poco mas poética
| And in a slightly more poetic way
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| Que eso del romanticismo a mi no se me da
| That this romanticism is not given to me
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| Dame algo tan bonito que le saque mil suspiros
| Give me something so beautiful that it takes a thousand sighs
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| Decirle que la amo y nada mas
| Tell her that I love her and nothing more
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| No se si bastara
| I don't know if it will be enough
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| (Noo ohh)
| (Noo ohh)
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| Señor Tommy: aquí le escribo nuevamente
| Mr. Tommy: here I write to you again
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| No me ha contestado, pensaba que era buena gente
| She has not answered me, she thought she was a good person
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| Puede que este muy ocupado
| I may be too busy
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| Pero yo estoy desesperado
| but i'm desperate
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| Ayúdeme a encontrar la forma
| help me find the way
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| De decirle que yo muero aquí por ella
| To tell her that I die here for her
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| Pero de una forma un poco mas poética
| But in a slightly more poetic way
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| Que eso del romanticismo a mi no se me da
| That this romanticism is not given to me
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| Deme algo tan bonito, algo que nunca le hayan dicho
| Give me something so nice, something you've never been told
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| Decirle que la amo y nada mas
| Tell her that I love her and nothing more
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| No se si bastara
| I don't know if it will be enough
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| Amigo Paco: disculpe la demora
| Friend Paco: sorry for the delay
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| Espero no te moleste
| I hope you don't mind
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| Que haya copiado aquí tu historia
| That I copied your story here
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| En el amor no soy experto
| In love I am not an expert
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| No se de donde sacaste eso
| I don't know where you got that
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| Y nada puede estar mas lejos de la verdad
| And nothing could be further from the truth
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| No confundas palabrerías con sentimientos
| Do not confuse chatter with feelings
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| Las metáforas son solo pajas del intelecto
| Metaphors are just straws of the intellect
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| Si me preguntas que decirle a tu chica
| If you ask me what to tell your girl
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| Solo dile que te mueres por ella
| Just tell her that you die for her
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| No se me ocurre una mejor manera
| I can not think of a better way
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| Que eso del romanticismo
| What about romanticism
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| Es solo un juego de ajedrez
| It's just a chess game
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| Cuando se trata de sentimientos
| When it comes to feelings
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| No hay nada como ser directos
| There is nothing like being direct
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| Dile que la amas y nada mas
| Tell her you love her and nothing else
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| Seguro bastara | Sure enough |