El Catador

The Taster

El Catador

Chicago was the cityChicago fue la ciudad
Where the events went downDonde los hechos pasaron
When they delivered a loadAl entregar una carga
Several guns went offVarias armas dispararon
They wanted to pull a fast oneQuerían tomarles el pelo
But they got caught insteadPero se la persinaron

Instead of good stuffEn vez de polvo del bueno
They got wheat flourLes dieron polvo de trigo
And when the taster tried itY al probarla el catador
He sneezed like crazyEstornudo muy seguido
And in code he told the bossY en clave le dijo al jefe
100% positive100% positivo

The sneeze was a warningEl estornudo era aviso
That the load was no goodQue la carga no servía
100% positive100% positivo
Still, he kept sayingDe todos modos decía
But to make them believePero para que creyeran
It was quality merchandiseQue era buena mercancía

They wanted to pass off a catQuerían dar gato por liebre
But they didn’t realizePero no se imaginaron
They had a good tasterQue traían un buen catador
With a devil’s noseCon un olfato de diablo
Who could sniff out from afarQue detectaba de lejos
All the good and the badTodo lo bueno y lo malo

And without a second thoughtY sin pensar ni un segundo
They took everyone downA todos les dieron piso
The taster got paidAl catador le pagaron
For giving the heads upPor haber dado el aviso
And renewed his contractY renovó su contrato
For the same servicesPara servicios del mismo

Take care, gentlemenCuídense mucho, señores
And don’t do bad thingsY ya no hagan cosas malas
Never be opportunisticNunca hay que ser ventajosos
Because life comes to an endPorque la vida se acaba
Remember the saying wellRecuerden bien el refrán
That those who do wrong, end up wrong.Que el que anda mal, mal acaba