EL TAXISTA THE TAXIDRIVER

(Spoken)
Saben tuve tantos trabajos
You know, I’ve had so many jobs.
Fui lavaplatos mesero y cocinero
I was a dishwasher, waiter and cook,
Peón y albañil, ayudante de mecánico
laborer and bricklayer, mechanic’s
Un mil usos cualquiera pero ahora
assistant,
Les quiero contar de cuando era taxista
and a thousand other jobs,
Un día un joven me abordo y me dijo
but now I want to tell you about when I
Hey chofer písele al gas
was a taxi driver.
Tanto sin verla ya no aguanto más One day a young man got in and told me:
Parece por favor, voy a comprar “Heyyy, driver. Step on the gas,
Flores para mi amor
so long since I’ve seen her, can’t stand it
anymore.
Y fui manejando a su mando y el
Stop please,
cantando
I’m going to buy flowers for my beloved.”
Seguí si,si,si manejando
And I was driving
Y el silbando, con sus flores
at his command,
I kept, yeah, yeah, yeah, driving
En cuanto llegamos a la dirección
and him whistling.
Me dijo que lo esperara y corrió a
(Spoken)
buscarla
As soon as we got to the address
Después de unos minutos, aquel león
he told me to wait and he ran to find her.
que llevaba yo de pasajero
After a few minutes,
Regreso convertido en el más pequeño that lion that I’d taken as a passenger
ratón y me dijo came back
Hey chofer, dele otra vez
converted into the smallest little mouse
Me equivoque esta calle no es
and told me:
(Le pregunte) dígame a qué lugar
“Heyyy, driver, hit it again.
(Respondió) lejos de aquí, vaya sin
I made a mistake, this isn’t the street.
preguntar
Tell me which place is far away from
Y fui manejando y el llorando con sus
here,
flores
go without asking.”
Seguí manejando y el tirando lindas
I was driving
flores.
and him crying with his flowers.
Y fui manejando y el llorando con sus
I kept on, yeah, yeah, yeah, driving
flores
and him throwing out pretty flowers.
Seguí si,si,si manejando y el tirando
I was driving
lindas flores. and him crying with his flowers.
I kept on, yeah, yeah, yeah, driving
and him throwing out pretty flowers.