Barbi Superestar Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Barbi Superestar by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Tenía los pies diminutos
His feet were tiny.
Y, unos, ojos, color verde marihuana
And, some, eyes, marijuana green color
A los catorce fue reina del instituto
At fourteen she was queen of the institute
El curso que repetí
The course I repeated
Las del octavo derecha dijeron
Those on the eighth right said
Otra que sale rana
Another that comes out frog
Cuando, en crónicas marcianas, la vieron
When, in Martian chronicles, they saw it
Haciendo strip-tease
Doing strip-tease
En sus quimeras de porcelanos
In its porcelain chimeras
Conquistaba a Al Pacino
He conquered Al Pacino
Los de el rayo no éramos gran cosa
Those of us who were not a big deal
Para su merced
At your mercy
Si, la chiquita de Mariquita Pérez
Yes, the little girl of Mariquita Pérez
Tuviera un buen padrino
Had a good godfather
Los productores, que saben de mujeres
Producers, who know about women
Le darían un papel
They would give him a role
Pezón de fresa, lengua de caramelo
Strawberry nipple, caramel tongue
Corazón de bromuro
Bromide heart
Supervedette, puta de lujo, modelo
Supervedette, luxury whore, model
Estrella de culebrón
Soap opera star
Había futuro, en las pupilas hambrientas
There was a future, in the hungry pupils
De los hombres maduros
Of mature men
Enamorarse, un poco más de la cuenta
Falling in love, a little more than necessary
Era una mala inversión
It was a bad investment.
Debutó de fulana de tal
Debuted of so-and-so
En un vil melodrama
In a vile melodrama
Con sus veinte minutos de fama
With his twenty minutes of fame
Retiró a su mamá
He withdrew his mother
El guion le exigía, cada vez, más
The script demanded more and more of him.
Escenas de cama
Bed scenes
Todavía, por Vallecas, la llaman
Still, for Vallecas, they call it
Barbi superestar
Barbi superestar
La noche antes de la noche de bodas
The night before the wedding night
Arrojó la toalla
He threw in the towel
El novio, con un frac pasado de moda
The groom, with an old-fashioned frac
Enviudó ante el altar
She was widowed before the altar
Mientras, Barbi, levitaba, en la Harley
Meanwhile, Barbi, levitated, in the Harley
De un chulo de playa
From a beach pimp
Que, entre el tarot, corto maltés y Bob Marley
That, between the tarot, corto maltese and Bob Marley
Le propuso abortar
He proposed to have an abortion
Al infierno se va por atajos
Hell goes by shortcuts
Jeringas, recetas
Syringes, recipes
Ayer, hecho un pingajo
Yesterday, made a pingajo
Me dijo, en el tigre de un bar
He told me, in the tiger of a bar
¿Dónde está la canción, que, me hiciste
Where is the song, what, you made me
Cuando eras poeta?
When were you a poet?
Terminaba tan triste
It ended so sad
Que nunca la pude empezar
That I could never start it
Por esos labios, que sabían a puchero
By those lips, which tasted like pouting
De pensiones inmundas
Of filthy pensions
Habría matado yo, que, cuando muero
I would have killed, that, when I die,
Ya nunca es por amor
It's never for love anymore
Se masticaba, en los billares, que, el rayo
It was chewed, in the billiards, that, the lightning
Había bajado a segunda
He had dropped to second
Por la m-30, derrapaba el caballo
On the m-30, the horse skidded
De la desilusión
From disillusionment
Debutó de fulana de tal
Debuted of so-and-so
En un vil melodrama
In a vile melodrama
Con sus veinte minutos de fama
With his twenty minutes of fame
Retiró a su mamá
He withdrew his mother
El guion le exigía, cada vez, más
The script demanded more and more of him.
Escenas de cama
Bed scenes
Por Vallecas, ya nadie la llama
For Vallecas, no one calls her anymore
Barbi superestar
Barbi superestar
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