| I remember the pain in my mother’s eyes
| Recuerdo el dolor en los ojos de mi madre
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| I remember the pain of her compromise years ago
| Recuerdo el dolor de su compromiso hace años
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| I always wanted to help to make it go away
| Siempre quise ayudar a que desapareciera
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| I didn’t know it was her freedom that she needed so
| No sabía que era su libertad lo que necesitaba tanto
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| And she said to me, she said to me:
| Y ella me dijo, ella me dijo:
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| He hitch-hiked to Maine
| Hizo autostop hasta Maine
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| We went cross-country
| Fuimos a campo traviesa
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| I had to leave my home
| tuve que salir de mi casa
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| I had to raise a family
| Tuve que criar una familia
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| We did the best we could being so young
| Hicimos lo mejor que pudimos siendo tan jóvenes
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| We tried to hard to build a happy home
| Nos esforzamos por construir un hogar feliz
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| I never knew what to say to anybody
| Nunca supe que decirle a nadie
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| I didn’t know what to do, I was far too young
| No sabía qué hacer, era demasiado joven
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| But everybody could feel the suffocation
| Pero todos podían sentir la asfixia
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| Underneath for facade of a happy home
| Debajo de la fachada de un hogar feliz
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| And she said to me, she said to me:
| Y ella me dijo, ella me dijo:
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| Home sweet freedom, flowing in my eyes, Home sweet freedom
| Hogar dulce libertad, fluyendo en mis ojos Hogar dulce libertad
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| Flowing in my mind
| Fluyendo en mi mente
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| Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood
| Sacrificó sus sueños a la maternidad
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| Waiting and waiting to be understood fully
| Esperando y esperando ser entendido completamente
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| Sacrificed her years to the family
| Sacrificó sus años a la familia
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| Waiting and waiting to be heard finally
| Esperando y esperando ser escuchado finalmente
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| And she said to me, she said to me… | Y ella me dijo, ella me dijo… |