Oh Miguel [English translation]

Down in the dark alleys by the port

Where nobody asks, who you are (1)

Is not a good place to live

When you're still a young boy

His name was Miguel, a street mutt

And his parents were no more

He ran away from a foster home

And often heard the words:

O miguel, o miguel

O miguel, o miguel

What you're doing, is bad

You'll never be able to cope

Everyone saw his anger

written in his face

But his tears at night

nobody could see

One day, at the convent of the merciful sisters

They told him, god loves you very much

He screamed "I am thirsty and hungry"

Where has your god been all this time

O miguel, o miguel

O miguel, o miguel

What you're doing, is bad

You'll never be able to cope

Everyone saw his anger

written in his face

But his tears at night

nobody could see

He knew, his father had been an alcoholic

WHo lost his life in a scuffle

But he had told the boy about the port

His father once had been a matador

He had learned to beg and to steal

And never asked for compassion

His dream he was not able to tell

Everyone gave him the same reply:

O miguel, o miguel

O miguel, o miguel

What you're doing, is bad

You'll never be able to cope

Everyone saw his anger

written in his face

But his tears at night

nobody could see

O miguel, o miguel

O miguel, o miguel

Today you're still a child

And fate is blind

But the force of life deep inside of you

Is driving you on

And maybe one day you can make it

Some day - some day