José Alfredo Jiménez — Las Botas de Charro (Amor Desde Niños) song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Las Botas de Charro (Amor Desde Niños)" by José Alfredo Jiménez.
Lyrics
Cuánto tiempo busque tu cariño
Y andube borracho
Borracho perdido
De tanto quererte
Yo me acuerdo que estaba chiquillo
Y no iba a la escuela
Por que no aguantaba
Seis horas sin verte
Siempre juntos; creció mi cariño
Y un día me gritastes
«¡Me gustan los hombres
Me aburren los niños!»
Y ahi te voy, a quebrar mi destino
Y en una cantina
Cambié mis canicas
Por copas de vino
Qué coraje me daba conmigo:
No tenia bigotes
Ni traia pistolas
Ni andaba a caballo
Qué coraje me daba conmigo:
Yo andaba descalzo
Y a ti te gustaban
Las botas de charro
Fui dejando que el tiempo pasara
Luché contra todo
Sentí que los años
Caían en mi espalda
Y una noche, que no te esperaba
Rompiste el silencio
Y le distes un beso
A mi boca cerrada
No te pude decir que te fueras
Ni quise que vieras
Que estube escribiendo
Mil veces tu nombre
Sólo se que te puse en mis brazos;
Dejé que mi orgullo
Se hiciera pedazos
Al fin ya era un hombre
Qué coraje me daba conmigo:
No tenia bigotes
Ni traia pistolas
Ni andaba a caballo
Qué coraje me daba conmigo:
Yo andaba descalzo
Y a ti te gustaban
Las botas de charro
Lyrics translation
How long did I look for your love
And I was drunk
Drunk lost
To love you so much
I remember he was a kid.
And I didn't go to school
'Cause I couldn't take it
Six hours without seeing you
Always together; my love grew
And one day you yelled at me
"I like men
I'm bored with kids!»
And there I go, to break my destiny
And in a canteen
I changed my marbles
For glasses of wine
What courage I gave me:
He didn't have moustaches.
He didn't even carry guns.
I didn't even ride a horse.
What courage I gave me:
I walked barefoot
And you liked them
The charro boots
I was letting time pass
I fought everything
I felt that the years
They fell on my back
And one night, I didn't expect you
You broke the silence
And you kissed her
To my mouth shut
I couldn't tell you to leave.
I didn't even want you to see
That I was writing
A thousand times your name
I just know I put you in my arms;
I let my pride
To pieces
I was finally a man.
What courage I gave me:
He didn't have moustaches.
He didn't even carry guns.
I didn't even ride a horse.
What courage I gave me:
I walked barefoot
And you liked them
The charro boots