
Charly García
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 7:04
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté
I was on fire when I lay down
Ni siquiera puedo entender
I can't even understand
Lo que hago a veces, nena
What I do sometimes, baby
Pero sé que tu podrías
But I know you could
Entenderme a mi
Understand me
Estaba en llamas...
I was on fire...
"Había dos obreros,
"There were two workers,
Uno se queja de la comida
One complains about the food
¿Quién te hace la comida?
Who makes your food?
Yo"
I"
Sé que es poco pero podrías entender
I know it's little but you might understand
Que vine aquí en una misión
That I came here on a mission
Quiero curar, pero mis manos
I want to heal, but my hands
Solo tocan amor.
Only touch love.
"Después de apagar el incendio
"After putting out the fire
Y rescatar al hombre
And rescuing the man
Le hicieron la pregunta obvia"
They asked him the obvious question"
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté con vos
I was on fire when I lay down with you
En mi ser...
In my being...
Estaba en llamas
I was on fire
Llamas
Flames
Llamas "La gente que tiene sus camas en llamas
Flames "The people who have their beds on fire
Se acuesta con gente que también
Lie down with people who do too
Tienen sus camas en llamas"
Who have their beds on fire"
"Pero si nos quisiéramos un poco mas
"But if we cared for each other a little more
No jugaríamos tanto"
We wouldn't play so much"
Yo no sabía pero me acosté
I didn't know but I lay down
Yo no sabía...
I didn't know...
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté
It was on fire when I lay down
"Ya lo dijo Dios a los primeros habitantes de este planeta:
"God already said to the first inhabitants of this planet:
No coman de esa fruta, les traerá problemas"
Don't eat that fruit, it will bring you trouble
"Querida, el resto, ya lo sabemos,
Darling, the rest, we already know it,
De esto se trata... Say No More"
That's what this is about... Say No More
say no more!
say no more!
say no more!
say no more!
No digas nada
Don't say a word
Estaba en llamas
I was on fire
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté
I was on fire when I lay down
"Volviendo al tema del hombre de la cama en llamas,
Returning to the topic of the man in the bed of flames,
¿Tenía algún problema?¿Estaba loco?¿Borracho tal vez?
Did he have a problem? Was he crazy? Drunk maybe?
No lo sabemos"
We don't know it
Estaba en llamas cuando me acosté
I was on fire when I went to bed
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Key vocabulary
- vos
- you (vos)A2
- ya
- alreadyA2
- acosté
- I lay down
- siquiera
- at leastA2
- entender
- understandA1
- hago
- doA1
- entenderme
- understand me
- había
- wasA2
- vine
- I came
- aquí
- hereA1
About this song
Charly García was an Argentine musician and songwriter who helped define Latin and Argentine rock, spanning pop, indie rock, and electronic styles. He is known for composing influential songs across multiple generations and for major roles in bands including Sui Generis and Serú Girán, as well as for his prolific solo career and albums such as Yendo de la Cama al Living, Say No More, and Cronicas.