Paroles et traduction Lorenzo De Monteclarò - La Banda del Carro Rojo

La Banda del Carro Rojo

"Dicen que venían del sur
En un carro colorado
Traían cien kilos de coca
Iban con rumbo a Chicago"
Así lo dijo el soplón
Que los había denunciado

Ya habían pasado la aduana
Esa que está por El Paso
Pero en las Cruces, señores
Lo estaban esperando
Eran los Rangers de Texas
Que comandan el condado

Una sirena lloraba
Y un sargento les gritaba
"Que detuvieran el carro
Para que los registraran
Y que no se resistieran
Porque si no los mataban"

Rugió una M-16
Cuando iba rasgando el aire
Y el faro de una patrulla
Se vio volar por los aires
Y así empezó aquel combate
Donde fue aquella masacre

Les decía Lino Quintana
"Esto tenía que pasar
Mis compañeros han muerto
Ya no podrán declarar
Y yo lo siento sheriff
Porque yo no sé cantar"

Solo las cruces quedaron
De los siete que murieron
Cuatro eran del carro rojo
Los otros tres del gobierno
Por ellos no se preocupen
Irán con Lino al infierno

Dicen que eran del Altar
Otros que eran del Cantil
Pero por ahí dicen muchos
Que procedían de Parral
La verdad nunca se supo
Nadie los fue a reclamar

The Band of the Red Car

"They say they came from the south
In a red car
They were carrying a hundred kilos of coke
They were headed for Chicago"
That's what the informant said
Who had reported them

They had already passed through customs
The one near El Paso
But at Las Cruces, ladies and gentlemen
They were waiting
They were the Texas Rangers
Who command the county

A siren wailed
And a sergeant shouted at them
"To stop the car
So that they could be searched
And that they should not resist
Because if they did, they would be killed"

An M-16 roared
As it tore through the air
And the headlight of a patrol car
Was seen flying through the air
And so began that battle
Where that massacre took place

Lino Quintana said to me
"This had to happen
My companions are dead
They will no longer be able to testify
And I'm sorry, sheriff
Because I don't know how to sing"

Only the crosses remained
Of the seven who died
Four were from the red car
The other three from the government
Don't worry about them
They will go with Lino to hell

They say they were from Altar
Others say they were from Cantil
But many say
That they came from Parral
The truth was never known
No one came to claim them