
Charly García
Reloj de plastilina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1990
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 4:42
Una vez creí que nada iba a pasarme
Once I believed that nothing would happen to me
Una vez pensé que nadie iba a matarme
Once I thought that no one would harm me
El tiempo pasó entre rayuelas y cometas
Time passed between hopscotch and comets
Entre un amor y bicicletas
Between a love and bicycles
Y aunque estuviera sólo, sabía jugar
And even if I was alone, I knew how to play
Aunque quisiera llorar
Even if I wanted to cry
Yo te quería amar y no sabía tu nombre (Yo te quería amar)
I wanted to love you and didn't know your name (I wanted to love you)
Te quería encontrar pero no sabía dónde
I wanted to find you but didn't know where
Yo te fui a buscar, quería que todo fuera eterno
I went to look for you, wanted everything to be eternal
Se fue el amor, llegó el invierno
Love has gone, winter has arrived
Y anduve tiritando en cualquier lugar
And I wandered shivering anywhere
Y sólo pude llorar
And all I could do was cry
Alcanzar lo interminable
To reach the endless
Rebotando en la pared
Bouncing off the wall
Dando vueltas en el aire
Spinning in the air
Mientras el payaso hace la red
While the clown casts the net
Nadie pudo ver que el tiempo era una herida
No one could see that time was a wound
Lástima nacer y no salir con vida
What a shame to be born and not come out alive
Yo quiero llorar
I want to cry
Reloj de plastilina, no existes más
Clay clock, you no longer exist
Ya no te puedo esperar
I can no longer wait for you
Mientras el payaso hace la red
While the clown casts the net
Salgo a caminar y sigo imaginando (Salgo a caminar y sigo imagi-)
I go out for a walk and keep imagining (I go out for a walk and keep imagi-)
Fui lo que creí soy lo que está pasando (Soy lo que está pasando)
I was what I believed, I am what is happening (I am what is happening)
(No quiero llorar) No quiero estar envuelto en penas
(I don't want to cry) I don't want to be wrapped in sorrows
Siempre arrastrando estas cadenas (Cadenas)
Always dragging these chains (Chains)
Si el tiempo no es amigo no importa más
If time isn't a friend, it doesn't matter anymore
Yo sólo quiero jugar
I just want to play
Jugar, jugar
Play, play
Solo quiero ver jugar
I just want to see play
Yo solo quiero jugar
I just want to play
Solo te quiero jugar
I just want to play with you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Check it out, check it out, baby, check it out)
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Check it out, check it out, baby, check it out)
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Key vocabulary
- salir
- exitA1
- siempre
- alwaysA1
- solo
- onlyA1
- creí
- believedB2
- nada
- nothingA2
- iba
- was goingB1
- alcanzar
- reachB2
- estuviera
- wereB2
- interminable
- endlessB2
- sólo
- onlyB2
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.