Lila Downs
La tequilera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:46
Bo-bo-bo-borrachita de tequila
Bo-bo-bo-drunk on tequila
Llevo siempre el alma mía
I always carry my soul
Para ver si se mejora
To see if it gets better
De esta cruel melancolía
From this cruel melancholy
Ay
Oh
Por ese querer
For that love
¿Pos', qué le he de hacer?
Well, what can I do?
Si el destino me lo dio
If destiny gave it to me
Para siempre padecer
To suffer forever
Co-co-co-co-co-
Co-co-co-co-co-
Como buena Mexicana
As a good Mexican woman
Sufriré el dolor tranquila
I will endure the pain quietly
Al fin y al cabo mañana
After all, tomorrow
Tendré un trago de tequila
I'll have a drink of tequila
Ay
Oh
Por ese querer
For that love
¿Pos', qué le'de hacer?
Well, what can I do?
Aunque me haya traicionado
Even if I've been betrayed
No lo puedo aborrecer
I can't hate him
Me llaman la teq-
They call me the teq-
Me llaman la tequilera
They call me the tequila girl
Como si fuera de pila
As if I were a battery
Porque a mí me bautizaron
Because I was baptized
Con un trago de tequila
With a shot of tequila
Ay
Oh
Ya me voy mejor
I'm better off now
¿Pos', qué hago yo aquí?
So, what am I doing here?
Disque por la borrachera
They say it's just the drunkenness
Dicen todo
They say everything
Lo perdí
I lost it
¡Ajay!
Hey!
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Key vocabulary
- esta
- isA1
- querer
- wantB2
- fuera
- outsideA2
- ya
- alreadyA2
- aunque
- althoughB1
- como
- as; like; howB1
- siempre
- alwaysA1
- mejora
- improveC2
- ese
- thatA1
- teq
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About this song
Lila Downs is a Mexican-born singer-songwriter and performer. She makes Indigenous Mexican-rooted music that blends North American jazz and Latin American folk, and is known for albums such as Ofrenda and for receiving Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.