Los Olvidados
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Lyrics

Luisa dice que su alma va a estallar
Luisa expresses how she feels her soul will burst, as she struggles to find a way to escape from her current place in life.

si no encuentra la forma de salir de este lugar
She feels that she needs to find a way out of her current situation and location, or else she may not be able to survive any longer.

Buenos aires, siempre la hizo llorar
Both physically and emotionally, Buenos Aires has always caused Luisa to shed tears in sadness and discontentment.

con sus lágrimas podría lavar toda la ciudad
Her tears are so abundant that she feels they could cleanse and rinse away the entire city.

años esperando su oportunidad
She has been waiting for years, hoping for a chance to improve her life and situation.

sintiéndose estúpida por esperar
Despite waiting for so long, Luisa feels foolish for believing that things would eventually change for the better.

porque todo el mundo para el cielo quiere ir
Everyone desires to reach heaven and achieve success or happiness in life.

pero nadie primero se quiere morir.
However, no one wants to die first in the pursuit of that goal.

Vuelve, vuelve al camino
She is encouraged to return, to find her way back to her true path in life.

vuelve a donde perteneces.
She needs to rediscover and reclaim her rightful place in the world.

Cristo tiene el mismo nombre que Jesús
The name of Christ is the same as that of Jesus.

pero nunca aprendió a soportar su propia juventud
However, he never learned how to endure or cope with his own youthfulness.

sentado en cualquier bar bebiendo hasta caer
Christ spends his time sitting in bars, drinking until he falls over inebriated.

dice que es lo único que sabe hacer
He claims that drinking is the only thing he knows how to do well.

dice que conoce su suerte muy bien
Christ states that he is well-acquainted with his own misfortune and knows exactly what the future holds for him.

dice que nació listo para perder
He suggests that he was born with an innate sense of losing and is fated to never succeed or win in life.

algunas personas nunca pueden escapar
Some people are never able to break free from their struggles or difficulties in life.

y sus pesadillas siempre se hacen realidad.
Their nightmares and worst fears always seem to come true and haunt them.

Vuelve, vuelve al camino
Just as Luisa was encouraged earlier, Christ is also advised to return to his path in life.

vuelve a donde perteneces.
He must go back and rediscover his rightful place in society.