La Del Pirata Cojo Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Del Pirata Cojo by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
I'm not some guy with an easy tear
One of those that complain just out of habit
If life lets me, I'll lay hands on it
And if not, my trade still excites me
And since dreaming comes free as well
And I don't believe in reincarnation
With a bit of imagination
I'll head off traveling right away
To live other lives
To try on other names
To slip into the suit and the skin
Of all the men
that I'll never be
Al Capone in Chicago
Legionnaire in Melilla
Painter in Montparnasse
Merchant in Damascus
Costalero in Seville
Black man in New Orleans
Dirty old man in Sodom
Deportee in Siberia
Sultan in a harem
Policeman, not even as a joke
Champion of the fair
Gypsy kid in Jerez
Gambler in Monte Carlo
Cigarette in your mouth
Taxi driver in New York
The coolest in the neighborhood
I roll 'cause it's my turn
Flunked in religion
Confessor to the queen
Banderillero in Cadiz
Tavern keeper in Dublin
Communist in Las Vegas
Drowned on the Titanic
Piper in Hamelin
But if they let me choose
Among all the lives I choose
The life of the peg-leg pirate
With a patch on the eye
With a bad-guy face
The old rogue, captain
Of a ship that flew as its flag
A pair of tibias and a skull
The life of the peg-leg pirate
With a patch on the eye
With a bad-guy face
The old rogue, captain
Of a ship that flew as its flag
A pair of tibias and a skull
Three-cushion billiards player
Draft-dodger in heaven
Owner of a cabaret
Scratch on your back
Tenor in Rigoletto
Pianist in a brothel
Bongo player in Havana
Casanova in Venice
Old man in Shangri-La
Stowaway in your bed
Orchestra vocalist
Fastest lap in Le Mans
Crime reporter
Detective in trouble
Preserved in alcohol
Rapist in your dreams
Suicide on the viaduct
Hunk in a soap opera
Morphine addict in China
Deserter in the war
Boxer in Detroit
Hunter in India
Sailor in Marseilles
Photographer in Playboy
But if they let me choose
Among all the lives I choose
The life of the peg-leg pirate
With a patch on the eye
With a bad-guy face
The old rogue, captain
Of a ship that flew as its flag
A pair of tibias and a skull
The life of the peg-leg pirate
With a patch on the eye
With a bad-guy face
The old rogue, captain
Of a ship that flew as its flag
A pair of tibias and a skull
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