Son Las Tres Y Pico lyrics

Son las tres y pico, nos sobra la barra,

It's a little past three, we have the bar to ourselves,

Joaquín mira el vaso, yo miro el país.

Joaquín looks at his glass, I look at the country.

Nos vendieron un sueño, nos pasan la cuenta,

They sold us a dream, now they hand us the bill,

trabajamos la vida pa' poder subsistir.

we work our lives just to subsist.

Te quieren sumiso, sin estudios,

They want you submissive, without education,

pa' que no pienses demasiado.

so you don't think too much.

Vaya a ser que estudiando entiendas

Lest by studying you understand

lo que nos han ocultado.

what they have hidden from us.

Ahora vienen con motosierras,

Now they come with chainsaws,

cortando derechos sin pestañear.

cutting rights without batting an eye.

Nos piden paciencia, nos venden sacrificios,

They ask for patience, they sell us sacrifices,

pero sus privilegios no se tocan jamás.

but their privileges are never touched.

¡Menudo negocio ser gente formal!

What a business it is to be a proper person!

Te quitan las ramas, te aplauden la cruz.

They take away your branches, they applaud your cross.

Prefiero ser chatarra que estorba en el portal

I'd rather be scrap metal cluttering the doorway

y un dolor de muelas que apaga su luz.

and a toothache that extinguishes their light.

Venga, ríete, Joaquín, que no queda otra,

Come on, laugh, Joaquín, there's nothing else to do,

si somos el chiste de esta ciudad:

if we are the joke of this city:

un cacho de mueble que arde en la hoguera

a piece of furniture burning in the bonfire

en cuanto les dejas de ser utilidad.

as soon as you stop being useful to them.

Nos siembran el odio, nos ponen en guerra,

They sow hatred in us, they put us at war,

que el pobre odie al pobre, que nadie mire arriba.

so the poor hate the poor, so no one looks up.

Mientras arde el mundo, se reparten la tierra,

While the world burns, they divide the land,

nosotros en barca, manteniéndonos a flote,

we in a small boat, keeping ourselves afloat,

ellos en sus yates, con el oro por bandera.

they in their yachts, with gold as their flag.

Habrá que tirar de la cuerda, Joaquín, pa' romperla.

We'll have to pull the rope, Joaquín, to break it.

Porque si todos nos unimos,

Because if we all unite,

ellos acabarán en patera.

they will end up in a dinghy.

¿Lo entiendes ahora, Joaquín?

Do you understand now, Joaquín?

No se trata de que nos rompan.

It's not about them breaking us.

Se trata de que no nos dejemos dividir,

It's about not letting ourselves be divided,

de que no nos roben hasta las ganas de vivir.

about not letting them steal even our will to live.

[[[Estribillo cantado con toda la banda, enérgico y desafiante]]]¡Menudo negocio ser gente formal!

[[[Chorus sung with the whole band, energetic and defiant]]] What a business it is to be a proper person!

Te quitan las ramas, te aplauden la cruz.

They take away your branches, they applaud your cross.

Prefiero ser chatarra que estorba en el portal

I'd rather be scrap metal cluttering the doorway

y un dolor de muelas que apaga su luz.

and a toothache that extinguishes their light.

Venga, ríete, Joaquín, que no queda otra,

Come on, laugh, Joaquín, there's nothing else to do,

si somos el chiste de esta ciudad:

if we are the joke of this city: a piece of furniture

un cacho de muebl