| When dad moved out to a frozen land
| Cuando papá se mudó a una tierra congelada
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| The TV was jumping and it didn’t quite feel right
| La televisión saltaba y no se sentía bien
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| The cards they came with pictures of frozen lights
| Las tarjetas venían con imágenes de luces congeladas
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| and giant frozen sculptures
| y gigantescas esculturas congeladas
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| So big right beside him
| Tan grande justo a su lado
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| carved out of snow
| tallado en la nieve
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| We traveled all night
| Viajamos toda la noche
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| The clouds fooled us into seeing snow
| Las nubes nos engañaron para ver nieve
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| As far as we could see
| Por lo que pudimos ver
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| but it was summer and the sun came up
| pero era verano y salio el sol
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| and never went down for two whole weeks
| y nunca bajó durante dos semanas enteras
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| My mom she cried about money and time
| Mi mamá lloró por el dinero y el tiempo
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| and how she felt older
| y cómo se sentía mayor
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| I didn’t understand much
| no entendí mucho
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| She left and I stayed
| ella se fue y yo me quede
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| My dad played in the bar
| mi papa jugaba en el bar
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| I wondered if I looked like him
| Me preguntaba si me parecía a él.
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| He was small even with boots on
| Era pequeño incluso con las botas puestas.
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| He looked like an Eskimo
| Parecía un esquimal
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| and we were in Alaska
| y estuvimos en Alaska
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| In the airport I had seen or imagined a mural of an arctic scene
| En el aeropuerto había visto o imaginado un mural de una escena ártica
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| with seals and people that seemed nicer than me
| con focas y gente que parecia mas amable que yo
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| where they smoked and talked about the dissapearing ground
| donde fumaban y hablaban de la tierra desapareciendo
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| My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not being around
| Mi papá era amable y parecía apenado por no estar cerca.
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| He left work early and took me to a skating rink
| Salió temprano del trabajo y me llevó a una pista de patinaje.
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| Where all of the kids in the world could have been
| Donde todos los niños del mundo podrían haber estado
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| I was scared and tall with skates on
| Estaba asustado y alto con patines puestos
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| and my favorite jeans
| y mis jeans favoritos
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| There was a boy who wanted to skate with me
| habia un chico que queria patinar conmigo
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| He held my hand
| Él tomó mi mano
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| and we went around
| y dimos vueltas
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| More times I counted
| Más veces conté
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| By a mural of an Arctic scene
| Por un mural de una escena ártica
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| I was looking at my feet because
| me miraba los pies porque
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| It was perfect and the air was clean
| Era perfecto y el aire estaba limpio.
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| My dad was there
| mi papá estaba allí
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| It was summer’s last eve
| Era la última víspera del verano
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| and that’s how I choose to remember it | y así elijo recordarlo |