Carlos Vives

Babel lyrics with English translation

Language

Spanish

Level

Intermediate

Released

2022

Genre

Latin Pop, Cumbia

Length

4:19

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1. Hay un lugar sagrado

   There is a sacred place

2. Que no tiene pasado

   That has no past

3. Y fue relegado a compraventa

   And was relegated to trading

4. Donde cada quien va por su cuenta, no

   Where everyone goes their own way, no

5. Es un mundo cansado, ya casi desfondado

   It's a weary world, almost bankrupt

6. De pergaminos y apariencia

   Of scrolls and appearances

7. Que nos enredan con su lengua

   That entangle us with their tongue

8. Pero no saben dónde ir

   But they don’t know where to go

9. Y te vuelvo a pensar, ¿cómo pude cambiar

   And I think of you again, how could I trade

10. Tu canción por dos tenis usados?

    Your song for two used sneakers?

11. Solo quiero escribir para estar junto a ti

    I just want to write to be close to you

12. Y escapar de este mundo inventado

    And escape from this made-up world

13. Babel

    Babel

14. Nadie se quiere entender

    No one wants to understand each other

15. Prefieren Roma y arder

    They prefer Rome and to burn

16. Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida

    The train leaves us behind at the station again

17. Lo siento, señores, el tren ya partió

    I'm sorry, gentlemen, the train has already departed

18. Je, je, llegaron tarde

    Heh, heh, you arrived late

19. Raimundo está cansado y no le gusta la gente

    Raimundo is tired and doesn’t like people

20. Pero quiere lanzarse para presidente

    But he wants to run for president

21. El mundo es una jaula de extremistas rabiosos

    The world is a cage of rabid extremists

22. Y el resto pa' salvarnos nos ponemos relocos

    And the rest to save ourselves go a little crazy

23. Y te vuelvo a pensar, ¿cómo pude cambiar

    And I think of you again, how could I trade

24. Tu canción por dos tenis usados?

    Your song for two used sneakers?

25. Solo quiero escribir para estar junto a ti

    I just want to write to be close to you

26. Y escapar de este mundo inventado

    And escape from this made-up world

27. Babel

    Babel

28. Nadie se quiere entender

    No one wants to understand each other

29. Prefieren Roma y arder

    They prefer Rome and to burn

30. Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida

    The train leaves us behind at the station again

31. Babel

    Babel

32. Nadie se quiere entender

    No one wants to understand each other

33. Prefieren Roma y arder

    They prefer Rome and to burn

34. Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida

    The train leaves us behind at the station again

35. Babel

    Babel

36. Nadie se quiere entender

    No one wants to understand each other

37. Prefieren Roma y arder

    They prefer Rome and to burn

38. Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a Barranquilla

    The train leaves us behind to Barranquilla

39. Quieren algo de tango y se va a armar un quilombo bárbaro

    They want some tango and it’s going to create a big mess

40. Y no se van a saber bien de qué costa es, si del este, del oeste

    And they won't know well which coast it's from, whether the east or the west

41. Se supone que se va a armar un nuevo continente

    It’s supposed to start a new continent

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