Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Funciona by Elsa y Elmar from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Y él siempre me recogía con su mirada de
And he always picked me up with his gaze of
Amante y me llevaba a lugares que yo no
lover and he took me to places that I didn't
Conocía cuando me recogían
know when they picked me up
Hablábamos de la vida y de sus planes
we talked about life and about his changing
Cambiantes hablábamos del presente te
plans, we talked about the present, you
Ayudará a la gente de los tiempos de
will help the people from the times of
Antes pero no tú no lo sabes
before, but no, you don't know it
Duelo pero no
I mourn, but no
Si yo decía la verdad en canción
if I told the truth in song
Sería también no así
it wouldn't be like that either
Pues mucho y yo le creía lo que me decía
well, a lot, and I believed what he told me
Él siempre me recordó
he always reminded me
En su carroza flotante que me mostraba
in his floating carriage that showed me
La luna me leía mi fortuna me sentía
the moon, he read my fortune, I felt
Importante andábamos por la noche
important, we wandered through the night
Buscando algún escondite
looking for some hiding place
Para decirnos
to tell each other
Que sólo con palabras imposible a decir
that it's impossible to say with just words
Sé pero no yo no lo volví a ver
I know, but no, I didn't see him again
Si yo decía la verdad entonces
if I told the truth then
A mí me muestras con esto
you show me with this
Para curarnos solas
to heal ourselves alone
Mientras todos los que esconden
while all those who hide
Para curarnos
to heal ourselves
Sería también no
it wouldn't be either
Si se mira con los chiquillos
if one looks with the kids
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