Chamberí Lyrics English Translation by Pole.
I won battles that were written off as lost
I was victim and executioner of the same wound
I danced with the most and the least attractive
And I stuck with the one who changed my life
I played my cards well or badly, my own way
I went out to kill two hundred weekends
I mocked some office in La Riviera
I kissed you in the Dominican Republic
I didn’t apologize to myself or plan on it
I didn’t love myself or stop loving you
I don’t remember that unforgettable night
But I never forgot your fortune twenty-three
I gave myself a mass bath several times in Madrid
And I danced drunk in that basement in Chamberí
How many times I arrived, how many times I left, how many times I thought
Oh, if you were here
I never went back to the guitar or learned to speak English
I didn’t cut out the nicotine or cut down on coffee
I haven’t stopped crying, I haven’t stopped loving
I’m not a good example or a good parishioner
I felt like an impostor but never a bourgeois
There are more fears than drinks in my track record
Between gambling, doubts and schemes
I’ve spent my paycheck before the end of the month
And this French wine doesn’t take away the sorrow
But it makes good company
And if there were three of us I’d stretch dinner out until dawn
I gave myself a mass bath several times in Madrid
And I danced drunk in that basement in Chamberí
How many times I arrived, how many times I left, how many times I thought
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
I gave myself a mass bath several times in Madrid
And I danced drunk in that basement in Chamberí
In Chamberí
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here
Oh, if you were here