El Caso de la Rubia Platino Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Caso de la Rubia Platino by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Me adelantó un talón de setecientas
He advanced me a check of seven hundred
Más gastos, sin contar otras quinientas
Plus expenses, not counting another five hundred
En fichas del casino
in casino chips
Mi último tren llegaba con retraso
My last train was late
Así que decidí aceptar el caso
So I decided to take the case
De la rubia platino
Of the platinum blonde
Yo era un huele-braguetas sin licencia
I was a fly-sniffer without a license
Quemado en la secreta por tenencia
Burned in secret for possession
Extorsión y líos de faldas
Extortion and skirt troubles
Estaba, como buen ex-policía
I was, like a good ex-police
A sueldo de un pez gordo, que sabía
In the pay of a big shot, who knew
Cubrirse las espaldas
cover your back
Ninguna zorra vale ese dinero
No bitch worth that money
Pensé, mientras dejaba mi sombrero
I thought, as he put my hat down
Nuevo en el guardarropa
New in the wardrobe
Cantaba regular, pero movía
He sang regularly, but he moved
El culo, con un swing, que derretía
The ass, with a swing, that melted
El hielo de las copas
The ice of the cups
Cuando salió, por fin, del reservado
When he finally left the booth
Sentí que las campanas del pasado
I felt the bells of the past
Repicaban a duelo
they chimed in mourning
La última vez que oía esa melodía
The last time I heard that melody
Me recetaron tres años y un día
They prescribed me three years and one day
Más IVA, en la Modelo
Plus VAT, in the Model
Para jugar al Black Jack y ser un duro
To play black jack and be tough
Andar escaso de efectivo
running short of cash
Es igual que pretender envidar
It's the same as pretending to raise
Con un farol, al futuro
With a bluff, to the future
No por casualidad
Not by chance
Me temen en los casinos
They fear me in casinos
Me daban diez de los grandes por el caso
They gave me ten grand for the case
De la rubia platino
Of the platinum blonde
Los besos que te dan las chicas malas
The kisses that bad girls give you
Salen más caros cuando los regalan
They are more expensive when they are given away
Y huelen a fracaso
And they smell of failure
Pero el croupier me echaba cartas buenas
But the croupier played me good cards
Y la rubia platino era morena
And the platinum blonde was a brunette
Y el caso era un gran caso
And the case was a big case
En un bistró, del puerto de Marsella
In a bistro, from the port of Marseille
Nos fuimos demorando, entre botella
We were delaying, between bottles
Y botella de Oporto
And a bottle of port
Los que pusieron precio a tu cabeza
Those who put a price on your head
Le dije exagerando su belleza
I told her exaggerating her beauty
Se habían quedado cortos
they had fallen short
Puede que me estuviera enamorando
I might be falling in love
Porque, antes del café, cambié de bando
Because, before coffee, I changed sides
De hotel y de sombrero
From hotel and hat
Mi viejo puso un cuarto, con dos camas
My old man put a room with two beds
Fingiendo que la dama era una dama
Pretending the lady was a lady
Y su hijo un caballero
And her son a gentleman
Ni siquiera, señores del jurado
Not even, gentlemen of the jury
Padezco, como alega mi abogado
I suffer, as my lawyer alleges
Locura transitoria
Transient madness
Disparé al corazón que yo quería
I shot the heart that I wanted
Con premeditación, alevosía
with premeditation, treachery
Y más pena que gloria
And more pain than glory
Para jugar al Black Jack y ser un duro
To play black jack and be tough
Andar escaso de efectivo
running short of cash
Es igual que pretender envidar
It's the same as pretending to raise
Con un farol, al futuro
With a bluff, to the future
No por casualidad
Not by chance
Me temen, en los casinos
They fear me, in the casinos
Diez de los grandes por seguirle, los pasos
Ten grand for following him, the footsteps
A la rubia platino
to the platinum blonde
Para volver a ser alguien, en el ambiente
To be someone again, in the environment
Necesitaba un par de buenos clientes
I needed a couple of good clients
Algo para mis vicios y un despacho decente
Something for my vices and a decent office
No dan para comer las putas del barrio chino
The whores in Chinatown can't eat
Todos los lunes no me encargan el caso
Every Monday I don't get the case
De la rubia platino
Of the platinum blonde
Para no ser un cadáver, en el tranvía
In order not to be a corpse, in the tram
Aparte de tener gramática parda
Apart from having brown grammar
Hay que saber que, las faldas, son una lotería
You have to know that skirts are a lottery
Con luz de gas brilló mi lámpara de Aladino
With gas light my Aladdin lamp shone
Todos los lunes no me encargan el caso
Every Monday I don't get the case
De la rubia platino
Of the platinum blonde
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