| When you were 15, my love
| Cuando tenías 15 mi amor
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| You put your head through hell:
| Pones tu cabeza en el infierno:
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| Your body was clean, sweet love
| Tu cuerpo estaba limpio, dulce amor
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| But oh, your life was far from being well
| Pero oh, tu vida estaba lejos de estar bien
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| When you were 16, my love
| Cuando tenías 16, mi amor
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| You’d come to be quite wise:
| Llegarías a ser bastante sabio:
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| So much had you seen, sweet love
| Tanto habías visto, dulce amor
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| Your face went deathly pale with hollow eyes
| Tu cara se puso mortalmente pálida con ojos huecos
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| You burned yourself out, you burned yourself out
| Te quemaste, te quemaste
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| You did yourself in, and then
| Te hiciste a ti mismo, y luego
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| From all of the noise, the pills, and the boys
| De todo el ruido, las pastillas y los chicos
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| You burned yourself out again
| Te quemaste de nuevo
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| And then you turned 17
| Y luego cumpliste 17
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| I took you, like a game
| Te tomé, como un juego
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| But others had known you well
| Pero otros te habían conocido bien
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| And taught you every move that I could name
| Y te enseñé cada movimiento que pude nombrar
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| So then you gave up on love
| Entonces renunciaste al amor
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| And lived off ups and downs
| Y vivió de altibajos
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| The strangers would pick you up
| Los extraños te recogerían
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| And take you in the back to other towns
| Y llevarte por la espalda a otros pueblos
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| You burned yourself out, you burned yourself out
| Te quemaste, te quemaste
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| And wound up in Idaho
| Y terminó en Idaho
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| You married a cop, the babies don’t stop
| Te casaste con un policía, los bebés no paran
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| There’s no further out to go
| No hay más para ir
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| You burned yourself out, you burned yourself out
| Te quemaste, te quemaste
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| You did yourself in, and then
| Te hiciste a ti mismo, y luego
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| From all that you blamed, you flared up and flamed
| De todo lo que culpaste, te encendiste y flameaste
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| And burned yourself out again
| Y te quemaste de nuevo
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| You burned yourself out | Te quemaste |