A collaborative blog for students of Spanish and English.
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2014-06-06
Lonely Cadillac
I always wanted to go to L.A.
To leave someday this city
to cross the sea in your company.
But long time ago that you have left me
and probably you will have forgotten me,
I don't know what kind of adventures I will go on without you.
And I am sitting here, on a second-hand old Cadillac
next to Mervellé, my city under my feet,
just now she has left me here, on the side of the Tibidabo,
the last blondie that came to try the backseat.
Perhaps the Martini makes me remind,
baby why don't you called back?
I thought that I could forget you,
but sometimes, you see.
leaving the blondie I have felt strange
I have remained alone smoking a cigarette,
perhaps I have thought, nostalgia from you.
And from this curve where I am stopping,
I have run into looking at your neighborhood,
and the city lights have caught.
The dawn will meet me slept, drunk on the Cadillac,
next to palm trees it shows lonely,
and people say that you are businesslike now
and I'm drunk here on the Cadillac
under palm trees it shows lonely,
and you are not, baby.
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I always wanted to go to L.A.
ReplyDeleteTo leave this city SOME DAY
to cross the sea in your company.
But A long time ago [] you [] left me(1)
and probably you will have forgotten me,
I don't know what kind of adventures I will go on without you.
And I am sitting here, IN(2) a second-hand old Cadillac
next to Mervellé, my city under my feet,
just now she has left me here, on the side of the Tibidabo,
the last blondDE(3) that came to try the backseat.
Perhaps the Martini makes me REMEMBER,
baby why don't you calL back?
I thought that I could forget you,
but sometimes, you see.
SINCE the blonDE LEFT(4) I have felt strange
I have remained alone smoking a cigarette,
perhaps I have thought, nostalgia OF you.
And from this curve where I am stoppED,
I have FOUND/SURPRISED MYSELF looking at your neighborhood,
and the city lights have caught ME.
The dawn will meet/FIND me sleEPING, drunk IN the Cadillac,
next to palm trees it LOOKS lonely,
and people say that you are businesslike now
and I'm drunk here IN the Cadillac
under palm trees it LOOKS lonely,
and you are not HERE, baby.
(1) An event that occurred a long time ago requires the simple past, never the past perfect.
(2) You'll enjoy this...
We're IN a car/truck. "on" would be on top the car.
We're ON a bus/train/boat/plane. "in" would emphasize being inside the vehicle.
We're ON a bicycle/horse. I dont' know how to be in a bicycle :-).
(3) Blondie is an uncommon name, not a general term.
(4) There's some grammar here that will be hard to explain. You wrote "leaving the blondie I have felt strange". That means "Al irme de la rubia, me he sentido extraño." When you use the gerund (leaving) as you did, it connects to the subject of the sentence ("I"). You have to use a different construction when the subject of the "al+verbo" phrase is different than the main subject. I have learned something by thinking through this!
(4) I think that it might be: "Al irse la rubia.."= when the blonde left....
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. I appreciate your effort in the explanations.