Desde la Calle 33 Lyrics in English Ricardo Arjona
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Desde la Calle 33 by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.
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Nací en un barrio barato
I was born in a cheap neighborhood
Fui vecino de una panaderia
I was a neighbor of a bakery
Mi mejor juguete era un gato
My best toy was a cat
Su maullido me inspiró melodías
His meow inspired melodies in me
Crecí en la 33
I grew up in the 33
why había de todo un poco
Why there was a little bit of everything
Hombres que morían de estres
Men dying of stress
Viudas, travestis, locos
Widows, transvestites, madmen
Era un mundo gris
It was a gray world
El color lo pintaban tus ganas de vivir
The color was painted by your will to live
Mas era feliz
But he was happy
Los sueños no apuntaban mas alla de la nariz
Dreams did not point beyond the nose
Quería ser bombero de la compañia 26
I wanted to be a firefighter for company 26
Un día conocí la escuela
One day I met the school
why por falta de entusiasmo
Why for lack of enthusiasm
Conocí mis primeras penas
I knew my first sorrows
why corté las orejas de asno
Why I cut off donkey's ears
Pero aprendí a leer
But I learned to read
why con esto aumentaron mi ganas de saber
Why with this increased my desire to know
Conocí a Borges, a Marqués
I met Borges, Marqués
why tambíen al señor Gitar
why they also have Mr. Gitar
why un matutino me contó que existía Vietnam
Why a morning told me that Vietnam existed
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Allí donde no existía ley
Where there was no law
Nacen historias sin rumbo de lo simple a lo profundo
Aimless stories are born from simple to deep
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Allí donde no existía la ley
Where the law did not exist
Una guitarra fui mi norte why señaló mi rumbo
A guitar was my north where it pointed my course
Probé mi primer cerveza
I tried my first beer
why a los doce mi primer cigarro
Why at twelve my first cigar
Me hice hombre junto a una princesa
I became a man with a princess
En la parte posterior de un carro
In the back of a car
Mientras las drogas
While drugs
Eran para mis amigos la nueva travesura
They were for my friends the new prank
Yo volando en mi alcoba
Me flying in my bedroom
Atrapando musas en mi partitura
Catching muses in my score
Encontré el camino que hoy me trajo hasta aquí
I found the path that brought me here today
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Allí donde no existía ley
Where there was no law
Nacen historias sin rumbo de lo simple a lo profundo
Aimless stories are born from simple to deep
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Allí donde no existía la ley
Where the law did not exist
Una guitarra fui mi norte why señaló mi rumbo
A guitar was my north where it pointed my course
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
Desde la calle 33
From 33rd Street
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