De mi barrio

I was the prettiest girl in my neighborhood,
I was educated in a nun's school
and although my parents didn't have much money
I was treated with nice families.
And because of that treatment, being a good girl was my only illusion
being a good girl was my only illusion,
and completely forgetting my past,
I gave my heart to a tycoon.

Because of his demeanor and his distinguished treatment
for the things he lied in my ear,
I did not believe, that he could be evil.
a boy so correct and polite.
However, I was induced by the evil man
with a promise to give me his name,
to leave my abandoned home
to go and live by his side.

And that's why my life slips between the tango
between the tango and the champagne of the cabaret
my pain blends into my smile,
because I'm used to laughing at my pain...
And if I find some othario who pretends
for the gold my loves to get,
I leave him without a copper so that he learns
and pay me what he made me suffer.

Today I dance tango, I am milonguera
they call me crazy and what do I know...?
I'm a flower of mud, just a common woman
the fault of the man who deceived me...
Between the lights of a thousand colors
and the joy of] cabaret,
I sell caresses and I sell loves
to forget the one who left...