El Rocanrol de Los Idiotas

The Rock and Roll of The Idiots

El Rocanrol de Los Idiotas

I didn't feel like laughingYo no tenía ganas de reír
You laughed so you wouldn't cryTú reías para no llorar
I winked at my noseYo le guiñaba un ojo a mi nariz
You consoled your lonelinessTú consolabas a tu soledad

I have no broom to sellYo sin ninguna escoba que vender
You with a thousand and one nights to forgetTú con mil y una noches que olvidar
A woman didn't love meA mí no me quería una mujer
A city was dying for youA ti se te moría una ciudad

You had missed the last busTú habías perdido el último autobús
I had been kicked out of another barA mí me habían echado de otro bar
The same voodoo pinsLos mismos alfileres de vudú
The same story that ends badlyEl mismo cuento que termina mal

But heaven wanted itPero quiso el cielo
Baptize the soilBautizar el suelo
With its drop by dropCon su gota a gota
And with sand shampooY con champú de arena
For your hairPara tu melena
Broken wristDe muñeca rota
And your blue gazeY tu mirada azul
He told me to toss a coinMe dijo a cara o cruz
And my gambler's soulY mi alma de tahur
He put it at double or nothingLo puso a doble o nada

And the goldfish on my bootsY los peces de colores de mis botas
And your withered high heelsY tus marchitos zapatitos de tacón
Crazy about sinkingLocos por naufragar
They went out to danceSalieron a bailar
To the rhythm of the rain on the hoodsAl ritmo de la lluvia sobre las capotas
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

I didn't come from any countryYo no venía de ningún país
You were on your way to anywhereTú ibas camino de cualquier lugar
The future didn't count on meConmigo no contaba el porvenir
The verb to love did not remember youDe ti no se acordaba el verbo amar
I didn't play to avoid losingYo no jugaba para no perder
You cheated to avoid winningTú hacias trampas para no ganar
I didn't pray so as not to believeYo no rezaba para no creer
You didn't kiss so as not to dreamTú no besabas para no soñar

And without vaudeville equivocationsY sin equívocos de vodevil
No red alerts in the heartNi alertas rojas en el corazón
The God of the storm wanted to openEl Dios de la tormenta quiso abrir
The box of thunder and thunderedLa caja de los truenos y tronó
Because heaven wanted itPorque quiso el cielo
Caress the groundAcariciar el suelo
With its drop by dropCon su gota a gota
And with sand shampooY con champú de arena
For your hairPara tu melena
Broken wristDe muñeca rota

What nonsenseQué disparate de
Chess gamePartida de ajedrez
With a partnerCon un partenaire
Addicted to checkmateAdicta al jaque mate

And your bag like a seagull's nestY tu bolso como un nido de gaviotas
And my future with stale bread in the drawerY mi futuro con pan duro en el cajón
Crazy about sinkingLocos por naufragar
They went out to danceSalieron a bailar
To the rhythm of the rain on the hoodsAl ritmo de la lluvia sobre las capotas
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

Weathering the stormCapeando el temporal
They went out to danceSalieron a bailar
Like two madmen under the downpour of notesComo dos locos bajo el chaparrón de notas
From the rock and roll of idiotsDel rocanrol de los idiotas

Rock and rollEl rocanrol
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas
Like you and like meComo tu y como yo
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

The street was markedSe marcó la calle
With that detailCon aquel detalle
Of leaving us aloneDe dejarnos solos
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

And by chanceY por casualidad
He started playingComenzó a tocar
Bartolo's fluteLa flauta de bartolo
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

Go Johnny go, go, goGo Johnny go, go, go
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas
All you need is loveAll you need is love
And danceY bailar
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas

A vam ba baluba balam bam buA vam ba baluba balam bam bu
Tutti fruttiTutti frutti
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas
Don't worryDon't worry
Rock and roll of idiotsEl rocanrol de los idiotas