Jesús Amado

Beloved Jesus

Jesús Amado

Jimenez his nicknameJimenez su apelativo
his name beloved Jesussu nombre jesus amado
fought with the copspeleo con la policia
from Brownsville on the Rio Grandede brownsville en el rio bravo
they didn't take away his loadno le quitaron la carga
for being a daring rooster.por ser un gallo jugado.

around eleven in the morningcomo a las once del dia
they made a callhicieròn una llamada
that in a rubber boatk en una camara de hule
his contraband was passingsu contrabando pasaba
that Amado would cross itk amado lo cruzaria
at two in the morning.a las dos de la mañana.

a spotlight shone on himun reflector lo alumbro
and several shots were heardy varios tiros se oyeròn
Amado repliedamado les contesto
with his gun and a horncon su perki y un cuerno
killing two copsmatando dos policias
the other 5 ran away.los otros 5 corrieròn.

when he returned to Sinaloacuando volvio a sinaloa
they put a price on the snitchle pusieròn precio al soplon
getting a surprisellevandose una sorpresa
when they realizedcuando le dieròn razòn
a woman he haduna mujer k tenia
set up the betrayal.le preparo la traiciòn.

when he went to confrontcuando le fue a reclamar
Amado felt a gunshotamado sintio un balazo
but he also shot backpero tambien disparo
where he saw the flasha donde vio el fogonazo
very badly wounded Patriciamuy mal herida patrica
fell into his arms.rendida cayo en sus brazos.

before dying she saidantes de morir le dijo
I did it because I love youlo hice porque te quiero
I knew you were with anothersabia k andabas con otra
and I couldn't stand the jealousyy no aguantaba los celos
I wanted to see you deaddeseaba mirarte muerto
rather than in someone else's arms.k verte en brazos ajenos.