Although Rubby is a singer and not a baseball player, he would probably be better in the two hole for the Cubs than Neifi! is. Let's face it, he couldn't be worse.
Y Nos Dieron Las Diez
Rubby Perez Lyrics
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Y nos dieron las diez, y las once. Y las doce, la una, las dos, y las tres. Y desnudos al anochecer nos encontró la luna.
Nos dijimos adiós ojalá que volvamos a vernos. El verano acabó, y el otoño duró lo que tarda en llegar el invierno. Y a tu pueblo el azar otra vez el verano siguiente me llevó y al final del concierto me puse a buscar tu cara entre la gente. Y no hallé quien de ti me dijera ni media palabra. Parecía como si me quisiera gastar el destino una broma macabra. No había nadie detrás de la barra el otro verano. Y en lugar de tu bar me encontré una sucursal del banco hispano americano. Tu memoria vengué a pedradas contra los cristales. Se que no lo soñé. Protestaba mientras me arrestaban los municipales. En mi declaración alegué que llevaba tres copas y empecé esta canción en el cuarto donde aquella vez te quitaba la ropa.
Y nos dieron las diez, y las once. Y las doce, la una, las dos, y las tres. Y desnudos al anochecer nos encontró la luna. (X3)
The lyrics to Rubby Pérez's song Y Nos Dieron Las Diez tell the story of a chance encounter between two people in a seaside town after a concert. The singer is immediately taken with the person behind the bar, and asks them to sing in their ear, offering to leave the balcony of their "cat-like" eyes open in return. They spend the night singing and getting to know each other, but as the night wears on and people leave the bar, the singer realizes that they are falling in love. They end up kissing in the street on the way back to their hotel, and spend the night together.
However, when the singer returns the following summer, they find that the person they fell in love with is gone, and their bar has been replaced by a bank. In a fit of rage, the singer throws stones at the windows of the bank and is arrested. In a drunken state, they declare their love for the person they met the previous summer, and begin playing the same song they played that night.
The lyrics are packed with vivid imagery and emotions, capturing the fleeting nature of a summer romance and the pain of losing it. The mention of the moon at the end of each chorus adds to the dreamy, romantic feeling of the song, which is underscored by Pérez's soulful vocals and the smooth salsa rhythms.
Line by Line Meaning
Fue en un pueblo con mar después de un concierto.
This story happened in a seaside town after a concert.
Tú reinabas detrás de la barra del único bar que vimos abierto.
You ruled behind the bar of the only open bar we saw.
Cántame una canción al oído y te pongo un cobata con una condición que me dejes abierto el balcón de tus ojos de gata.
Sing me a song in my ear and I'll buy you a drink with one condition, let me keep the balcony of your cat-like eyes open.
Loco por conocer los secretos de tu dormitorio.
Crazy to know the secrets of your bedroom.
Esa noche canté al piano del amanecer todo mi repertorio.
That night I sang my whole repertoire to the piano of dawn.
Los clientes del bar uno a uno se fueron marchando. Tu saliste a cerrar yo me dije cuidado chaval te estás enamorando.
The customers left the bar one by one. You went out to close and I said to myself, watch out kid, you're falling in love.
Luego todo pasó de repente.
Then everything happened suddenly.
Tu dedo en mi espalda dibujó un corazón y mi mano le correspondió debajo de tu falda.
Your finger drew a heart on my back and my hand responded under your skirt.
Caminito al hostal nos besamos en cada farola.
On the way to the hostel, we kissed at every lamppost.
Era un pueblo con mar yo quería dormir contigo y tú no querías dormir sola.
It was a seaside town and I wanted to sleep with you, but you didn't want to sleep alone.
Y nos dieron las diez, y las once. Y las doce, la una, las dos, y las tres. Y desnudos al anochecer nos encontró la luna.
And they gave us ten, and eleven. And twelve, one, two, and three. And naked at dusk, the moon found us.
Nos dijimos adiós ojalá que volvamos a vernos. El verano acabó, y el otoño duró lo que tarda en llegar el invierno.
We said goodbye, hoping to see each other again. Summer ended, and autumn lasted as long as it takes for winter to arrive.
Y a tu pueblo el azar otra vez el verano siguiente me llevó y al final del concierto me puse a buscar tu cara entre la gente.
By chance, I went to your town again the following summer and at the end of the concert, I searched for your face among the crowd.
Y no hallé quien de ti me dijera ni media palabra. Parecía como si me quisiera gastar el destino una broma macabra.
And I didn't find anyone who would say a word about you. It seemed like destiny wanted to play a cruel joke on me.
No había nadie detrás de la barra el otro verano. Y en lugar de tu bar me encontré una sucursal del banco hispano americano.
There was no one behind the bar the following summer. And instead of your bar, I found a branch of the Hispanic-American bank.
Tu memoria vengué a pedradas contra los cristales. Sé que no lo soñé. Protestaba mientras me arrestaban los municipales.
I took revenge on your memory by throwing stones at the windows. I know I didn't dream it. I protested as the police arrested me.
En mi declaración alegué que llevaba tres copas y empecé esta canción en el cuarto donde aquella vez te quitaba la ropa.
In my statement, I claimed that I had three drinks and started this song in the room where that time I was undressing you.
Contributed by Jonathan P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.