| They had my future wrapped up in a parcel
| Tenían mi futuro envuelto en un paquete
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| and no one even thought of asking me.
| y nadie pensó siquiera en preguntarme.
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| The day I turned fifteen I took the mail- train
| El día que cumplí quince tomé el tren correo
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| to find out what else might be in life for me.
| para descubrir qué más podría ser en la vida para mí.
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| Well I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing.
| Bueno, viajé en camiones y trenes y viví de nada.
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| Served me right for wanting to be free.
| Me sirvió bien por querer ser libre.
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| Ah well that’s the way society looked at it.
| Ah, bueno, esa es la forma en que la sociedad lo veía.
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| But it didn’t seem to be that way for me.
| Pero no parecía ser así para mí.
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| And the biggest dissapointment in the family was me.
| Y la mayor decepción de la familia fui yo.
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| The only twisted branch upon that good old family tree.
| La única rama torcida de ese buen árbol genealógico.
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| I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be
| Simplemente no podía ser la persona que esperaban que fuera.
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| and the biggest dissapointment in the world was me.
| y la mayor decepción del mundo fui yo.
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| A lot more dinner times then there were dinners.
| Muchas más cenas que cenas.
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| I learnt a lot that hurt me at the time.
| Aprendí mucho que me dolió en ese momento.
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| A quite country boy came home a different man
| Un chico de campo llegó a casa como un hombre diferente
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| with a memory of distance on my mind.
| con un recuerdo de distancia en mi mente.
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| But i always spoke too loud and drank too often.
| Pero siempre hablaba demasiado alto y bebía con demasiada frecuencia.
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| Maybe drank too many glasses down.
| Tal vez bebió demasiados vasos.
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| And perhaps my clothes were older than I realised,
| Y tal vez mi ropa era más vieja de lo que pensaba,
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| a relief to all concerned when I left town.
| un alivio para todos los interesados cuando me fui de la ciudad.
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| And the biggest dissapointment in the family was me.
| Y la mayor decepción de la familia fui yo.
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| The only twisted branch upon that good old family tree.
| La única rama torcida de ese buen árbol genealógico.
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| I just coudn’t be the person they expected me to be.
| Simplemente no podía ser la persona que esperaban que fuera.
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| And the biggest dissapointment in the world was me.
| Y la mayor decepción del mundo fui yo.
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| And the biggest dissapoinment in the family was me.
| Y la mayor decepción de la familia fui yo.
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| the only twsited branch upon that good old family tree.
| la única rama torcida de ese buen viejo árbol genealógico.
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| I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be.
| Simplemente no podía ser la persona que esperaban que fuera.
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| And the biggest dissapointment in the world was me. | Y la mayor decepción del mundo fui yo. |