The Third Degree

El Tercer Grado

The Third Degree

Me acusaron de falsificación, no podía escribir mi nombreThey accused me of forgery, I couldn't write my name
Me acusaron de mirar y no vi nadaThey accused me of looking and I didn't see a thing
No quise causar problemas y no tuve intención de hacer daño físicoDidn't mean to cause no trouble and I meant no bodily harm
Todo lo que tenía era este cuerpo y el músculo de mi brazoAll I had was this body and the muscle in my arm
Me dieron el tercer gradoThey gave me the third degree
Me colgaron de un árbol, tercer gradoThey hung me from a tree, third degree

Y me están dando el tercer gradoAnd they're giving me the third degree
Pero es evidente que sin un título académicoBut it's plain to see without a learned degree
No sabía que una azada podía derribar una montañaI didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
Me están dando el tercer gradoThey're giving me the third degree
Me colgaron de un árbol, ese tercer gradoThey hung me from a tree, that third degree

Ella bajó por el camino con un balde en la manoShe came down the turn row with a bucket in her hand
Trajo duraznos de Alberta y todos sabían que yo era su hombreShe brought Alberta peaches and they all knew I's her man
No tenía nada que hacer merodeando por donde estabanShe didn't have no business hanging out down where they were
Y todos quieren algo y todos la querían a ellaAnd everybody wants something and they all wanted her

Me están dando el tercer gradoThey're giving me the third degree
Pero es evidente que sin un título académicoBut it's plain to see without a learned degree
No sabía que una azada podía derribar una montañaI didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
Y me están dando el tercer gradoAnd they're giving me the third degree
Me colgaron de un árbol, ese tercer gradoThey hung me from a tree, that third degree
Ese tercer gradoThat third degree

Sentado con mis duraznos cuando la escuché llorarSiting with my peaches when I heard her crying out
Duraznos en mi bolsillo y sangre aquí en el sueloPeaches in my pocket and blood here on this ground
Me la quitaron, me la quitaronThey took her away from me, they took her away from me
Me la quitaron en un tercer gradoThey took her away from me in a third degree
En un tercer gradoIn a third degree
Es un tercer gradoIt's a third degree