Lo veo desde mi ventana I see him through my window El gato blanco del vecindario marcando mi casa The white neighbourhood cat marking my house Se supone que era mi casa It's supposed to be my house Pero creo que, según los gatos, ahora la casa es suya But I guess, according to cats, now it's his house Mi mamá me dijo: Las cosas te van a dejar Mama told me: Things will leave you Se rompen, se pierden They get broken, they get lost Lo único en lo que puedes confiar The only thing you can trust Es en lo que has vivido Is what you lived through
Mamá, ¿y cuando yo muera? Mama, how 'bout when I die? ¿A qué te aferras? Oye What do you hold onto? Hey
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Tengo que ir a trabajar Gotta go to work Para pagar la casa de ese gato To pay for that cat's house Por la avispa del corsé rojo For the red-corseted wasp Que vive en el techo Who lives in the roof Por la familia de zorrillos For the family of possums Por los insectos que beben mi sangre For the bugs who drink my blood Y por los pájaros que se comen a esos insectos And the birds who eat those bugs Para que ese gato blanco pueda matar a los pájaros So that white cat can kill the birds ¿A qué te aferras? Oye What do you hold onto? Hey
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