Tiempos mejores [English translation]

As a little girl, I became acquainted with loneliness

And I felt frightened, lost in the dark.

I understood that life would never be easy for me,

That I would have to fight if I wanted to be happy.

And I thought... One day, I will be successful!

Better times will always come...

I walked many roads, looking for love;

I finally found it in a beach, but it only left me

A little splinter right here, in my heart

And a couple of skeletons in my closet.

And I thought... Some day, I will find a new love!

Better times will always come...

I got to know a hundred countries, I've always liked to travel;

Lots of different people with very different ideas

But the poor, who always suffer so much and give selflessly,

They were not different at all: they were the same everywhere.

And I thought... I will just tell them:

Better times will always come...

Better times will always come...

I was listening to the news today on TV;

There were people killed and wounded from Ireland to Ecuador...

People's faces were contorted by hunger and anguish...

All I could imagine were rivers of blood!

Better times will always come...

I live hoping to find a clear, blue sky

And to leave in children, maybe just a little ray of hope...

Better times will always come...

Better times will always come...