Luyện nghe bài hát La Tracalera (English Translation)

"The Tracalera"*

Please remember! This translation is my personal work. It is sometimes difficult to translate word for word from Spanish to English, so it may sound awkward in one when it is perfectly natural in the other. But I think you can get the general idea!

*tracalera in can mean someone delinquent in
payments who moves from place to place for work.
I left Corpus because I pay the rent
In San I found myself with another bill
Over there in the the guys from the car
(company) looking for me
They seeing red because they never found me

At I started out for Laredo
But there I couldn't find a hideout
In Austin I found out my parents were
for me
It had been some time I didn't
send them five bucks

That is why they now me Tracalera
All over Texas, they let me rest
Let's see if in Houston, I can earn money
And I'll to pay them even though it means
I don't

There in Dallas I myself a man
"Come out here to Waco, I've got cash"
But the law was out for him
The next day they caught him with

in Victoria the police stopped me
for a few (forged) checks and a fine that I
I out to the country (home),
I to talk to my sister, but
she's sleeping, and my niece answers the

That is why they now me Tracalera
All over Texas, they don't let me
Let's see if in Houston, I can earn some
And I'll come to pay them even though it
I sleep.