Historia de taxi [English translation]

It was ten at night as I piloted my ship

My taxi was a Volkswagen from '68

It was one of those bad days with no fares

The sequins of an outfit hailing me to stop

She was a gorgeous blonde, in a miniskirt

Her plunging backline just to that "sweet spot"

A black tear rolled down her cheek

while the rear-view mirror said,

"Check-out those legs!" I saw a little more ...

It was ten-forty, zigzagging along Reforma

She said, "My name is Norma," as she crossed her legs

She took a cigarette out, the strange type

...that make you laugh

I offered her a light, fast, and my hand trembled

I asked, "Who are you crying over?" She said, "a guy

who thinks 'cuz he's rich he can just cheat on me"

"Don't fall for lovers; you've got to pick yourself up," I said

"Count on the man, if revenge is what you want," and she smiled

"What's a taxi driver doing seducing life?

What's a taxi driver doing creating strife?

What's a taxi driver doing in front of someone's wife?

What's a taxi driver doing with his dreams of bedroom delight?" I wondered

"I saw him hugging and kissing a poor little girl

She's of a simple class; I know from her appearance"

She smiled at me in the mirror, and sit to one side

I was idiotized, with the mirror steamed up

She said, "Turn at the corner; we'll go to my house

After a couple of tequilas, we'll see what happens"

Why describe what we did on the carpet

...if, suffice to say, I kissed even her shadow, and a little more...

"Don't feel so alone; I suffer, though it's not the same

Between my wife and my hours, an abyss has opened

How people suffer on both sides of the class divide!

You suffer in your mansion; I suffer in the hood"

She said, "Come with me; let him know I'm not alone"

She put her hair in a ponytail; we went to the bar where they were at

Just as we entered, he hugged a young lady

Look at how great destiny is, and how small this city is!

It was my woman...

"What's a taxi driver doing seducing life?

What's a taxi driver doing creating strife?

What is a taxi driver to do when a gentleman's plans coincide with those of his wife, in time and effort," I wondered

Since that night, they've been cheating on us

They see each other in the same bar...and the blonde hails the taxi

always at ten in the same place...

• Artist:Ricardo Arjona
• Album:Historias (1994)