He wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame He wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame No estaba buscando a bombo y platillo o la fama But it all came around just the same But it all came around just the same Pero todo salió alrededor de la misma He then met a girl with desire in her eye He then met a girl with desire in her eye Luego conocí a una chica con el deseo en sus ojos He gave her love, she took her name He gave her love, she took her name Él dio su amor, ella tomó su nombre The times they were good, the times they were bad The times they were good, the times they were bad Los tiempos eran buenos, los tiempos eran malos Most times it was just in between Most times it was just in between La mayoría de las veces era justo en el medio The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had La píldora se tragó duro fueron las veces que tenían She put on display for all to be seen She put on display for all to be seen Se puso en exhibición para que todos puedan verse Some find their solace in work or the lord Some find their solace in work or the lord Algunos encuentran su consuelo en el trabajo o el señor She was quite content in her dream She was quite content in her dream Ella estaba muy contenta en su sueño When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light Cuando sus ojos se quemaron en la luz de la cal brillante He found comfort in the bottle of ol' Jimmy Bean He found comfort in the bottle of ol' Jimmy Bean Encontró consuelo en la botella de ol 'Jimmy Bean One day from the depths of his deep darkend hole One day from the depths of his deep darkend hole Un día, desde el fondo de su agujero profundo darkend He reached out for somethin' to feel He reached out for somethin' to feel Él extendió la mano para algo para sentirse She offerd back nothin' but lack of respect She offerd back nothin' but lack of respect Ella offerd atrás nada más que falta de respeto So he let himself out with two barrels of steel So he let himself out with two barrels of steel Así que se lanzó con dos barriles de acero She cried in the day She cried in the night She cried in the day She cried in the night Lloró en el día Lloró por la noche She cried loudest when someone was near She cried loudest when someone was near Ella gritó más fuerte cuando alguien se acercaba Whether crying for him or she cried for herself Whether crying for him or she cried for herself Tanto llorar por él o ella lloró por ella misma The bigger the camera The bigger the tear The bigger the camera The bigger the tear Cuanto más grande sea la cámara Cuanto mayor es el desgarro Most folks agree she was a living hell Most folks agree she was a living hell La mayoría de la gente está de acuerdo que era un infierno And publicly she showed her pain And publicly she showed her pain Y le mostró públicamente su dolor And never once was there a thought for herself And never once was there a thought for herself Y ni una sola vez había un pensamiento para ella And the ever growing slices of fortune and fame And the ever growing slices of fortune and fame Y las rodajas cada vez mayores de la fortuna y la fama Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride Ahora, en los faldones de un hombre muerto que va a montar On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride En los faldones de un hombre muerto que va a montar On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride En los faldones de un hombre muerto que va a ir ella a montar On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride high On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride high En los faldones de un hombre muerto que va a ir ella a montar alto