Un Poco Loco – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo, Gael García Bernal

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Ah-ah-ay

Ah-ah-ay

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Que el cielo no es azul

That the sky isn't blue

Ay, mi amor; ay, mi amor

Oh, my love; oh, my love

Que es rojo, dices tú

It's red, you say

Ay, mi amor; ay, mi amor

Oh, my love; oh, my love

Ves todo al revés

You see everything backwards

Ay, mi amor; ay, mi amor

Oh, my love; oh, my love

Creo que piensas con los pies

I think you think with your feet

Ay, mi amor; ay, mi amor

Oh, my love; oh, my love

Tú me traes un poco loco, un poquititito loco

You drive me a little crazy, just a tiny bit crazy

Estoy adivinando qué quieres y pa' cuándo

I'm guessing what you want and when

Y así estoy celebrando

And that's how I celebrate

Que me he vuelto un poco loco

That I've gone a little crazy

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Chiflado tú me vuelves y eso está un poco loco

You're crazy and that's a bit crazy

Tu mente que despega, tú siempre con ideas

Your mind takes off, you're always full of ideas

Con mi cabeza juegas

You play with my head

Todo es un poco loco

Everything's a little crazy

(Todo es un poco loco, con mi cabeza juegas)

(Everything's a bit crazy, you play with my head)

(Todo es un poco loco, con mi cabeza juegas)

(Everything's a bit crazy, you play with my head)

(Todo es un poco loco, con mi cabeza juegas)

(Everything's a little crazy, you play with my head)

Un poquititi-tititi-titi-tititititi-to loco (Aoh-aoh-aoh, ah)

A tiny-tititi-titi-tititititi-to crazy (Aoh-aoh-aoh, ah)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cielo /ˈsjelo/ A1	noun - sky
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
rojo /ˈroxo/ A1	adjective - red
loco /ˈloko/ A2	adjective - crazy
pensar /penˈsar/ A2	verb - to think
traer /traˈer/ A2	verb - to bring
celebrar /θeleˈβɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to celebrate
idea /iˈðea/ A2	noun - idea
cabeza /kaˈβeθa/ A2	noun - head
vuelto /ˈbwɛlto/ B1	verb - returned
despegar /despeˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to take off
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to play

Key Grammar Structures

• Que el cielo no es azul

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in 'que' clauses to express doubt or opinion

  ➔ The phrase uses the *subjunctive* in 'que el cielo no es azul' to indicate subjectivity or doubt.

• Estoy adivinando qué quieres y pa' cuándo

  ➔ Present continuous tense with the verb *estar* + gerund to indicate ongoing action

  ➔ The phrase uses *estar* + gerund (*adivinando*) to emphasize the action of guessing is happening now.

• Con mi cabeza juegas

  ➔ Using the *pronoun + verb* structure to express object actions

  ➔ The phrase employs *con* + pronoun + verb to show that 'you' are performing the action on *my* head.

• Todo es un poco loco

  ➔ Use of the *ser* verb in the present tense for general statements or qualities

  ➔ The phrase employs *ser* in the present tense to state a general truth about the subject being 'a little crazy'.