Yo Me Bajo En Atocha

I Get Off at Atocha

Yo Me Bajo En Atocha

With his beret pulled down, with his silk glovesCon su boina calada, con sus guantes de seda
His stranded siren, his holidays to keepSu sirena varada, sus fiestas de guardar
His 'come back tomorrow,' his every man for himselfSu vuelva usted mañana, su salvese quien pueda
His game of mus, his so-and-soSu partidita de mus, su fulanita de tal

With his everything is now, with his nothing is eternalCon su todo es ahora, con su nada es eterno
With his rap and his chotis, with his squatter and his skinheadCon su rap y su chotis, con su okupa y su skin
Even if summer dies and winter is in a hurryAunque muera el verano y tenga prisa el invierno
Spring knows I wait for her in MadridLa primavera sabe que la espero en Madrid

With his Velázquez autumn, with his Picasso towerCon su otoño velázquez, con su torre picasso
His saint and his bullfighter, his Atleti, his BourbonSu santo y su torero, su atleti, su borbón
His Botero fatties, his quickie hotelsSus gordas de botero, sus hoteles de paso
His little hash bag, his grandparents in the sunSu taleguito de hash, sus abuelitos al Sol

With his snow bonfire, his fair and his duelCon su hoguera de nieve, su verbena y su duelo
His July eighteenth, his April fourteenthSu dieciocho de julio, su catorce de abril
Halfway between heaven and hellA mitad de camino entre el infierno y el cielo
I get off at Atocha, I stay in MadridYo me bajo en atocha, yo me quedo en Madrid

Even if the night raves like a bird in flamesAunque la noche delire como un pájaro en llamas
Even if the Puerta de Alcalá doesn't lead to gloryAunque no dé a la gloria la Puerta de Alcalá
Even if the naked maja charges fifteen and the bedAunque la maja desnuda cobre quince y la cama
Even if the dressed maja won't let you kiss herAunque la maja vestida no se deje besar

Cibeles catwalks, plaster jailPasarelas cibeles, cárcel de yeserías
Frenchmen's bridge, Chamberí tavernsPuente de los franceses, tascas de chamberí
That child who dreamed of writing no longer dreamsYa no sueña aquel niño que soñó que escribía
Heart of Mary, don't leave me like thisCorazón de María, no me dejes así

Miracle court, Virgin of AlmudenaCorte de los milagros, virgen de la almudena
Asbestos shanties, crystal palaceChabolas de uralita, palacio de cristal
With their 'they shall not pass,' with their 'long live the chains'Con su no pasarán, con sus vivan las caenas
Their civil cemetery, their municipal bandSu cementerio civil, su banda municipal

I've cried in VeniceHe llorado en Venecia
I've gotten lost in ManhattanMe he perdido en Manhattan
I've grown up in Havana, I've been a pariah in ParisHe crecido en la habana, he sido un paria en París
Mexico torments me, Buenos Aires kills meMéxico me atormenta, Buenos Aires me mata

But there's always a trainPero siempre hay un tren
That arrives in MadridQue desemboca en Madrid
But there's always a child who ages in MadridPero siempre hay un niño que envejece en Madrid
But there's always a car that skids in MadridPero siempre hay un coche que derrapa en Madrid

But there's always a firePero siempre hay un fuego
That ignites in MadridQue se enciende en Madrid
But there's always a ship that sinks in MadridPero siempre hay un barco que naufraga en Madrid

But there's always a dreamPero siempre hay un sueño
That awakens in MadridQue despierta en Madrid
But there's always a return flight to MadridPero siempre hay un vuelo de regreso a Madrid