Name: El Camino es Mi Casa
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: This is the song that inspired it all. Written on the bayou in Louisiana during a break from our cross-country tour, El Camino es Mi Casa (The Road is My Home) set the tone for all the other songs to come.

El Camino es Mi Casa

from Blue Tango by Blue Tango Project

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This is the song that inspired it all. Written on the bayou in Louisiana during a break from our cross-country tour, El Camino es Mi Casa (The Road is My Home) set the tone for all the other songs to come.

lyrics

[English translation below Spanish lyrics]

EL CAMINO ES MI CASA
(María Volonté & Kevin Carrel Footer)

En el camino me crié
Y yo no sé lo que es llegar
Pero en la ruta uno aprende adivinar
Hay quien encuentra su destino
Andando sin parar
Otros olvidan qué fueron a buscar
Laberintos de la vida
Con trampas escondidas
Vamos a oscuras tanteando la salida
Este que nada recibió
Y aquel que todo lo ganó
Todos guardamos una ilusión perdida

Y van pasando como un film
Viajeros presos del azar
Vaqueros tristes sin caballos que montar
Camioneros que dormitan
Soñando con su bar
Luz de neón y besos a pagar
Predadores a mansalva
Robándose hasta el alba
Piernas abiertas que invitan a la calma
Ojos cerrados al amor
Fugitivos del dolor
Lobos y ángeles peleando por tu alma

I bled my dreams to death in the desert
My oasis has come up dry
No more prayers to pray, no more tears to cry
And all the things I loved have turned to lies
But the wheels roll on, there's a message there
I trust the road in time to see me through
Until the flames devour my hunger
I'm still yearning for something true

Payasos hartos de reir
Mujeres secas de esperar
Que un caminante se detenga a descansar
Prostitutas del olvido
Negándose a besar
Hippies cansados de no querer tranzar
Desterrados, peregrinos
Profetas clandestinos
Un ex-banquero con pinta de beduino
Nadie se salva del ciclón
De esta fatídica pasión
Que nos arrastra sin piedad por el camino

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THE ROAD IS MY HOME [English translation]
(by María Volonté & Kevin Carrel Footer)

I was raised on the road
And I don't know what it is to arrive
But out on the road you learn how to make your next move
Some find their destiny
Walking on and on
Others have forgotten what they were looking for

Life's labyrinths
with its hidden traps
We all struggle in the darkness grasping for a way out
The one who received nothing
And the one who got everything
We all cherish that lost illusion

They all pass in front of my eyes as if in a film
Travelers imprisoned by chance
Sad cowboys without a horse to ride
Truck drivers who doze off
Dreaming of their favorite bar
Neon lights and pay-as-you-go kisses

Predators everywhere
Stealing even the sunrise
Open legs that invite you to fall inside
Eyes shut tight against love
Fugitives from pain
Wolves and angels fighting for your soul

Clowns worn out by laughing
Women parched from waiting
For a wanderer to stop and stay a while
Prostitutes of longing
Refusing even to kiss
Hippies tired of keeping the faith

Homeless pilgrims
Clandestine prophets
An ex-banker who looks like a desert bedouin
Nobody escapes the tornado
This fatal passion
That is dragging us
Again and again
Out onto the road

I bled my dreams to death in the desert
My oasis has come up dry
No more prayers to pray, no more tears to cry
And all the things I loved have turned to lies
but the wheels roll on, there's a message there
I trust the road in time to see me through
Until the flames devour my hunger
I'm still yearning for something true

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from Blue Tango, released April 1, 2014

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María Volonté | Blue Tango Project Argentina

Hailing from the colorful and gritty La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the María Volonté: Blue Tango Project is a ground- breaking exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace. It is a collaboration between Argentine Latin Grammy nominee María Volonté and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer. ... more