| I broke my promise on a very sharp rock
| Rompí mi promesa en una roca muy afilada
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| And I was possessed by something quite unfriendly
| Y yo estaba poseído por algo bastante hostil
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| And I was haunted by a demon in my sleep
| Y fui perseguido por un demonio en mi sueño
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| And that’s how I learned how to survive
| Y así aprendí a sobrevivir
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| And I gave a beer to a bum that was drinking
| Y le di una cerveza a un vagabundo que estaba bebiendo
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| And I gave some sauce to my bestest friend for cooking
| Y le di un poco de salsa a mi mejor amigo para cocinar
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| And I gave water to all I thought were thirsty
| Y di agua a todos los que pensé que tenían sed
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| And that’s how I learned how to survive
| Y así aprendí a sobrevivir
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| And I gave some money to my bank for safe keeping
| Y le di algo de dinero a mi banco para que lo guardaran
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| And I gave some money to my landlord, he was needing it
| Y le di algo de dinero a mi arrendador, lo necesitaba
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| And I gave attention to the TV that was bleeding
| Y le presté atención a la tele que sangraba
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| And that’s how I learned how to survive
| Y así aprendí a sobrevivir
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| If you ain’t got the do-re-mi boys
| Si no tienes los chicos do-re-mi
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| If you ain’t got the do-re-mi
| Si no tienes el do-re-mi
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| Well you better go back to beautiful Texas
| Bueno, será mejor que vuelvas a la hermosa Texas
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| Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
| Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
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| California is a garden of Eden
| California es un jardín del Edén
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| A paradise to live in or see
| Un paraíso para vivir o ver
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| But believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot
| Pero lo creas o no, no lo encontrarás tan caliente
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| If you ain’t got the do-re-mi
| Si no tienes el do-re-mi
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| And I just ripped off a man named Woody Guthrie
| Y acabo de estafar a un hombre llamado Woody Guthrie
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| And I bought a restaurant for his son named Alice
| Y compré un restaurante para su hijo llamado Alice
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| And I fed false information to the audience
| Y alimenté información falsa a la audiencia
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| And that’s how I learned how to survive
| Y así aprendí a sobrevivir
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| I give a thank you to my father for leaving me
| Le doy las gracias a mi padre por dejarme
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| And I give a finger to my stepfather for beating me
| Y le doy un dedo a mi padrastro por pegarme
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| And I give props to myself for achieving
| Y me doy apoyos a mí mismo para lograr
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| God damn I’m glad that I survived
| Maldita sea, me alegro de haber sobrevivido
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| God damn I am glad that I survived
| Maldita sea, me alegro de haber sobrevivido
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| I just handed you a giant load of gibberish
| Te acabo de entregar una carga gigante de galimatías
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| And I give love to a lover quite deserving of it
| Y doy amor a un amante que lo merece
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| And I give thanks to all of you for listening to the story
| Y les doy gracias a todos ustedes por escuchar la historia
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| Of how we all learned how to survive | De cómo todos aprendimos a sobrevivir |