El rocanrol de los idiotas [English translation]

I wasn't feeling like laughing,

You were laughing to not cry;

I was winking at my nose,

You were consoling your solitude.

I wasn't having a broom for sale1,

You were having one thousand and one nights to forget;

There wasn't even a woman loving me,

Your city was dying out.

You had missed the last bus,

They had thrown me out of another bar;

The same voodoo pins,

The same story which ends up badly.

But Heaven would

Baptize the ground

With its drop by drop

And with sand shampoo

For your broken-doll

Mane.

And your blue glance

Told me: let's toss for it,

And my gambler soul

doubled it down.

And my boots like coloured fish

And your faded, heeled little shoes,

mad about to be wrecked,

They went out to dance,

In time to the rain over the hoods,

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

I wasn't coming from any country,

You were on your way to everywhere;

The future wasn't counting on me,

The verb "love" wasn't remembering you.

I wasn't playing so as not to lose,

You were cheating so as not to win;

I wasn't praying so as not to believe,

You weren't kissing so as not to dream.

And, without vaudeville misunderstandings

Or red alerts in heart,

The storm god would open

Pandora's box so there were thunder,

Because Heaven would

Caress the ground

With its drop by drop

And with sand shampoo

For your broken-doll

Mane.

How absurd that

Chess game

With a partner

Who was addict to checkmate!

And your handbag like a seagull nest

And my future with stale bread in chest.

Being mad about to be wrecked,

They went out to dance,

In time to the rain over the hoods,

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

Riding out the storm,

They went out to dance

Like two madmen under the shower of notes

Of the Rock and Roll of Fools.

The Rock and Roll,

The Rock and Roll of Fools

Like me and you,

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

The street had

A nice touch with us

Leaving us alone.

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

And by chance

it started to play

The Bartolo's flute2.

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

Go Johnny go, go, go.

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

All you need is love.

And dancing

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

A wamba buluba balam bambu.

Tutti frutti.

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

Don't worry.

The Rock and Roll of Fools.

1. http://lyricstranslate.com/en/sin-vender-una-escoba2. From a famous spanish children's song, Bartolo had a flute with a single hole

• Artist:Joaquin Sabina
• Album:Yo, mi, me, contigo (1996)