Las Nubes
Little Joe & La Familia Lyrics

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¡No me puedo resistir!
Si voy a seguir sufriendo
Mejor quisiera morir
Yo voy vagando en el mundo
Sin saber a donde ir

Los años que van pasando

No me canso de esperar
Y a veces que estoy cantando
Mejor quisiera llorar
¿Para que seguir sufriendo
Si nada puedo lograr?

Las nubes que van pasando
Se paran a lloviznar
Parece que se sostienen
Cuando a mí me oyen cantar

Cuando a mí me oyen cantar
Se paran a lloviznar
Parece que alegran mi alma
Con sus aguas que traen del mar

The city surrounds him closely
The crowd seems to pass him by
His heart's still back home in Texas
Beneath its beloved sky
And life treats him so unkindly
He wishes that he would die

His life has become so empty
It's now just a broken sigh
The one life filled with pride and courage
But all that has now subsided
It's now just a hollow storefront
Adrift in an endless sky

Adrift in an endless sky
So lost to the world is he
A man who has been forgotten
Alone with his misery

Alone with his misery
He dreams of his childhood days
Though God made his children equals
We're different in many ways

Give it to me, give it to me
Give it to me now

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Little Joe & La Familia’s song Las Nubes tell a story of a man who is struggling to find his place in the world. He feels as though everything has ended for him and he can no longer resist the pain he is feeling. In fact, he would prefer death to the agony he is experiencing. He is wandering aimlessly, not knowing where he is going, and the passing years do nothing to quell his despair. He hopes and dreams, but nothing he does seems to bring him any closer to happiness. He wonders why he continues to suffer when he cannot achieve anything that he truly desires.

As the man ponders his suffering, he notices the rain clouds in the sky. To him, it seems as though these clouds stop and rain down just for him. The rain feels like a comfort to him; something that allows his soul to let go of its anguish. The clouds, in a way, seem to be listening to his singing and they are responding to it by showering upon him. The rain, then, becomes a metaphor for consolation and a release of emotions.

Line by Line Meaning

¡Ya todo se me acabó!
Everything in life is over for me now

¡No me puedo resistir!
I cannot resist my sufferings

Si voy a seguir sufriendo
If I am to go on suffering

Mejor quisiera morir
I would prefer to die

Yo voy vagando en el mundo
I wander aimlessly in the world

Sin saber a donde ir
Without knowing where to go

Los años que van pasando
As the years go by

No me canso de esperar
I never tire of waiting

Y a veces que estoy cantando
And sometimes when I am singing

Mejor quisiera llorar
I would prefer to cry

¿Para que seguir sufriendo
Why continue to suffer?

Si nada puedo lograr?
If I cannot achieve anything?

Las nubes que van pasando
The clouds that pass by

Se paran a lloviznar
Stop to drizzle

Parece que se sostienen
It seems like they hold on

Cuando a mí me oyen cantar
When they hear me singing

Se paran a lloviznar
Stop to drizzle

Parece que alegran mi alma
It seems like they cheer up my soul

Con sus aguas que traen del mar
With the water they bring from the sea

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