La Marea
Manu Chao [www.musikaki.blog.br] Lyrics

Si tu eres mi carnal
If you are my buddy,

Déjame ser tu ranchito
Let me be your small farm,

Si tu eres mi nopal
If you are my cactus,

Déjame ser tu taquito
Let me be your taco,

Pa llenar la pancita mama
To fill our bellies, mama,

Pancita de suadero
With suadero meat,

Con todo y cebollita ,mama,
With all the onions too, mama,

Vámonos a comer
Let's go eat,

Vámonos de jaleo, mama,
Let's go party, mama,

Vámonos ya
Let's go already,

La marea va subiendo
The tide is rising.

Por la vieja Sonora la marea va subiendo
In old Sonora, the tide is rising,

Por la vieja sonora caen gotas a montón
In old Sonora, it's raining heavily,

Sopita de camarón se la lleva la corriente
The shrimp soup is being carried away by the current,

Sopita de camarón la marea va subiendo
The shrimp soup, the tide carries it away,

Subiendo mama
Rising, mama,

Va subiendo la marea
The tide is rising,

Ay que marea!
Wow, what a tide!

Hoy tuve miedo de mi sombrita
Today I was afraid of my own shadow,

Ahi en la esquina del raval
There on the corner of Raval,

So, me tumbé bajo el sol
So, I laid down under the sun,

Mama, la marea va subiendo
Mama, the tide is rising,

Mama, va subiendo hay que marea
Mama, it's rising, wow what a tide,

(nada es para siempre)
(nothing is forever).