Ballad Of The Self-loading Pistol

Balada de la pistola de carga automática

Ballad Of The Self-loading Pistol

Padre, he venido
Father, I have come.
Para contarte algo que hice
To tell you about somethin I done.
Así como la noche crió su luz cabeza
Well as the night reared its light head
En un sol de bebé
Into a babys sun,
Nos rodamos por la ciudad
We rolled down into the town
De donde vienen las gargantas negras
From where the black throats come.

Y sabes que hubo un robo
And you know there was a robbry.
Hubo un atraco
There was a holdup.
Ooh, hubo un tiroteo
Ooh, there was a shootout.
Y hubo un asesino
And there was a killin.
Y hay sangre en mis manos
And theres blood on my hands.
Hoy maté a un hombre
Today I killed a man.

Bueno, hermana, me conoces bien
Well now, sister, you know me well.
Y me preguntas bien, cómo me sentí
And you ask me well, how it was I felt.
Bueno, ella tenía apetito por el amor
Well, she had an appetite for lovin
Sólo una belleza fadin podría poseer
Only a fadin beauty could posses.
Ella sabía exactamente lo que quería
She knew just what she wanted
Y ella no aceptaría menos
And she wouldn't take less.

Pensé que era un pueblo pequeño
I figured it was a small town.
Fue al anochecer
It was at sundown.
Era sólo una pequeña multitud de gente alrededor
It was just a small crowd of people around.
¡Oh! pero no bajaría sus armas
Oh! but he wouldnt put his guns down.
No, él no bajaba sus armas
No, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Oh, él no bajaba sus armas
Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Ahora su sangre en mis manos
Now his bloods on my hands.
Hoy maté a un hombre
Today I killed a man.

Y, papá, me mostraste la belleza del perdigón
And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
Bueno, esa canción que canta una bala mientras silba
Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.
Y me mostró la historia de la pistola de carga automática
And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.

Bueno, padre. He venido
Well now, father. I have come.
Para contarte algo que hice
To tell you about somethin I done.
Tenía una viuda, corriendo por la ciudad gritando
He had a widow, runnin through town screamin.
Tenía un hermano, y sus lágrimas eran corrientes
He had a brother, and his tears were streamin.
Ahora me mudaré en la frontera
Now I'm movin on the border
Con un rifle en mi hombro
With a rifle on my shoulder.

Porque, papá, me enseñaste la belleza del perdigón
cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
La canción de amor que canta una bala mientras silba
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.
Y me mostró la gloria de la pistola de carga automática
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.

Y sólo vengo a decirte
And I just come to tell ya,
Que ya no duele
That it don't hurt no more.
No, ya no duele
No, it don't hurt no more,
Porque tu hijo, es un forajido
cuz your son, hes an outlaw.
Oh, su hijo, es un forajido
Oh, your son, hes an outlaw.
Sí, su hijo, es un forajido
Yes, your son, hes an outlaw.
Oh, su hijo, es un forajido
Oh, your son, hes an outlaw.
Ahora, su hijo, es un forajido
Now, your son, hes an outlaw.
Oh, su hijo, es un forajido
Oh, your son, hes an outlaw.
Y esta sangre se siente bien en mis manos
And this blood feels good on my hands.
Hoy maté a un hombre
Today I killed a man