Louisiana Or The Cotton Fields

Louisiana o Els Camps de Cotó

He says he has been going his own wayDiu que ha anat fent al seu aire
That he has lived in a thousand citiesQue ha fet vida a mil ciutats
That he has slept in places that were frighteningQue ha dormit en llocs que feien feredat
And that you, mom, would never have approved ofI que tu, mare, mai haguessis aprovat
That he's happy, that everything is going wellQue està content, que tot va bé
He says he's happy, that everything is fineDiu que està content, que tot va bé

There are like some coordinatesHi ha com unes coordenades
He says I should show you, put them on Google mapsDiu que us ho ensenyi, que us ho posi al Google Maps
And he says that one day, just passing throughI diu que un dia, de passada
He spent the night in a village and ended up staying thereVa fer nit en un poble i que s'hi va acabar quedant
That it is from here that he is writingQue és des d'aquí, des d'on escriu

He says he has a house far from everything and a four-wheel driveDiu que té una casa lluny de tot i un quatre per quatre
And when he goes down to the village to stock up the pantry, you know what happens?I quan baixa al poble a omplir el rebost, sabeu què li passa?
An old man serves him, who reminds him of someoneQue el despatxa un avi que li fa pensar en algú
Who reminds him of someoneQue li fa pensar en algú'

He has loved girls and womenHa estimat noies i dones
He says more than one made him lose his wayDiu que més d'una li va fer perdre el nord
But he says with these things, you know how it isPerò diu que amb aquestes coses, ja se sap
When you least expect it, you get luckyQuan menys t'ho esperes és quan tens un cop de sort
And that they are fine, that things are going well for themI que estan bé, que els hi va bé

He says he has a three-year-old daughter with your eyes, dadDiu que té una filla de tres anys amb els teus ulls, pare
That he always speaks to her in catalan, and it’s really funnyQue ell sempre li parla en català I fot molta gràcia
Because when he puts her to bed, there are days he mixes upPerquè quan la posa al llit, hi ha dies que confon
Good night and trousersBona nit i pantalons

He says that looking backDiu que vist amb perspectiva
He is very sure he wouldn’t have been happy hereTé molt clar que aquí no hagués estat feliç
But he admits that disappearing so calmly, without telling usPerò reconeix que això de desaparèixer tan tranquil, sense avisar-nos
Is making a very poor exitÉs marxar amb molt poc estil
And that with time, which heals everythingI que amb el temps, que ho cura tot
Everything will fall into placeTot s'anirà posant a lloc

He says that from the porch he sees a sky that never endsDiu que des del porxo veu un cel que no te l'acabes
That at night he always goes out for a smoke and thinks of usQue a la nit sempre surt a fumar i pensa en nosaltres
And that, no matter how far away he is, we mustn’t be afraidI que, per molt lluny que estigui, no hem de tenir por
When he’s needed, he’ll be thereQuan s'hi hagi de ser, hi serà

He says that one day we must goDiu que un dia hi hem d'anar
That we should give him notice, but that he has plenty of bedsQue l'avisem amb temps, però que té llits de sobres