The Only One

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The Only One

Cuando tú y yo éramos jóvenesWhen you and I were young
Hombre, podíamos correrMan, we could run
Por el campoThrough the field
Bajo el solUnder the sun

Yo era joven y tú eras la únicaI was young and you were the only one
Detrás de ese muro de piedraBehind that stone wall
No podíamos ir en absolutoWe couldn't go at all
Cabezas de cobre, anidando en su guaridaCopper heads, their nesting in their den
Si te muerde una de esas cosasGet bit by one of those things and
Podrías terminar muertoYou could end up dead

Tu papá nos llamaba desde tu jardín delanteroYour poppa he would call us in off your front lawn
Cuando el clima cambiaba, nos llamaba a venirWhen the weather wanes he's calling us to come
Yo era joven y tú eras la únicaI was young and you were the only one

Una vez te escribí una cartaI wrote you a letter once
La envié a MichiganI mailed it to Michigan
Esa fue la última vez que supe de ti y desde entoncesThat was the last I heard of you and ever since
El buzón fue derribadoThe mailbox got knocked off,
Malditos esos niños podridosGoddamn those rotten kids

¿Hablé por ti?Did I speak for you?
¿Te inventé también?Did I invent you too?
Tienes la apariencia de la cara de una chica nuevaYou have the look of a new girl's face
Yo era joven, podría haber cometido algunos erroresI was young I could have made some mistakes
Y últimamente pareceAnd lately you know it seems
Que los recuerdos son solo sueñosThe memories they're just dreams
Y las flores que recogisteAnd the flowers you picked,
Resulta que eran malas hierbasTurned out they were weeds
Sí, no había botones de oroYeah no buttercups
Y malas hierbas de diente de leónAnd dandelion weeds

Tú y yo éramos jóvenesYou and I were young
Hombre, podíamos correrMan we could run
Pero había una sola verdadBut there was the only truth
Podría haber sido cualquieraCould have been anyone
Simplemente sucedió que eras túJust so happened that it was you

Esta vez, en efectoThis time, indeed
Por una vez no cesesFor once don't cease
Volveremos al esteWe'll turn back east
Con nuestras espaldas contra el sol ponienteOur backs against the setting sun
Es hora de correrIt's time for us to run

Estamos mejor equivocadosWe're better wrong
Yo era joven, y tú eras la únicaI was young, and you were the only one
Yo era joven, y tú eras la únicaI was young, and you were the only one