The Country Boy

El Chico del Campo

The Country Boy

Alguna vez tuviste un centavoDid you ever have a nickel
Y deseaste tener una moneda de diez centavos?And wish you had a dime?
Alguna vez intentaste buscar tu almaDid you ever try to search your soul
Pero no pudiste encontrar tu mente?But could not find your mind?

Alguna vez acostaste tu cuerpoDid you ever lay your body down
Con alguien que no te ama?With someone that don't love you?
El chico del campo ha estado allíThe country boy has been there
Eso es lo que lo hace cantar bluesThat's what makes him sing the blues

No son las bebidas que le comprasteIt's not the drinks you bought him
No son las propinas que disteIt's not the tips you gave
Desde el balanceo de su cunaFrom the rocking of his cradle
Hasta la cobertura de su tumbaTo the covering of his grave
Nunca sabrás la soledad y tristeza que atraviesaYou'll never know the loneliness and sorrow he goes through
El chico del campo ha estado allíThe country boy has been there
Eso es lo que lo hace cantar bluesThat's what makes him sing the blues

Cuando canta sobre un amor fallidoWhen he sings about a love gone wrong
No hay lágrimas en sus ojosThere's no tears in his eyes
Pero el solitario sabe que está gritandoBut the lonely knows he's crying out
Todo el dolor que siente por dentroAll the hurt he feels inside

Él canta para sus corazones rotosHe 's singing to their broken hearts
Eso es todo lo que le queda por hacerThat's all that's left to do
El chico del campo ha estado allíThe country boy has been there
Eso es lo que lo hace cantar bluesThat's what makes him sing the blues

No son las bebidas que le comprasteIt's not the drinks you bought him
No son las propinas que disteIt's not the tips you gave
Desde el balanceo de su cunaFrom the rocking of his cradle
Hasta la cobertura de su tumbaTo the covering of his grave
Nunca sabrás la soledad y tristeza que atraviesaYou'll never know the loneliness and sorrow he goes through
El chico del campo ha estado allíThe country boy has been there
Eso es lo que lo hace cantar bluesThat's what makes him sing the blues