[AlecEiffel.net] Pixies Spanish Songs and Puerto-Rican References in Other Songs

Lyrics: Spanish Songs and Puerto-Rican References in Other Songs

This section is maintained by Carlos Lopez.
Other proposals for transcriptions of these songs can be found in album-dependent sub-sections of the lyrics section.

Puerto Rico

Spanish Songs

ISLA DE ENCANTA

Hermanita ven conmigo (x2),
Hay aviones cada hora,

Isla del encanto,
Me voy! (x3)

Donde no hay sufrimiento (x2),
Me vieron pasar por la calle,
Isla del encanto,
Me voy! (x3)

Nuestro propio animal canta a la gente pa'gratis ,
Hey babe what are we doing here?.
Laaaaa,Loooh,Patria.
Isla del encanto,
Me voy! (x3)

TRANSLATION

    Little sister come with me,
    There are planes each hour,

    Island of the enchantment,
    I'm leaving!
    Where there is no suffering,
    They saw me pass by the street,
    Island of the enchantment,
    I'm leaving!

    Our own animal sings for free for the people,
    Hey babe what are we doing here?
    Laaa Loooh,Fatherland.

    Island of the enchantment,
    I'm leaving!

Charles got most of his Spanish right but not all,this song should have been called Isla Del Encanto which is Puerto Rico's motto meaning Island of the Enchantment. Also when Charles mentions "our own animal" he's referring to the "coqui", a small frog that inhabits and only sings in Puerto Rico that got its name from the sound it makes (Koh-Kee).

VAMOS (INTRO)

Estaba pensando sobre viviendo con mi sister en New Jersey,
Ella me dijo que es una vida buena alla,
Bien rica bien chevere, Y voy!  Puñeta! (*)

TRANSLATION

    I was thinking surviving with my sister in New Jersey,
    She told me it's a good life there,
    Very good very nice, Here I Go!  Jerk off!

We'll keep well bred,
We'll stay well fed,
We'll have our sons,
They will be all well hung.

They'll come and play,
Their friends will say,
Your daddy's rich,
Your mamma's a pretty thing.

That maid Maria she's really O.K.

Vamos a jugar por la playa (x5)

I keep getting friends,
Looking like lesbians,
If we get bored,
We'll move to California.

They'll come and play,
Their friends will say,
Your daddy's rich,
Your mamma's a pretty thing.

That maid Maria she's really O.K.

Vamos a jugar por la playa (x5)

(*) After this Spanish insult "Puñeta" Charles sometimes said "Cabrona" which means "fucker" referring to a girl during live performances.
The chorus "Vamos a jugar por la playa" means" Let's go play by the beach".

OH MY GOLLY!

Entro las Piñones y la ola es pequeña,
Oh my Golly!

Vamos para la luna caribe,
Oh my golly!
Besando chichando con surfer rosa,
Oh my golly!,
Se fue su madera
Oh my golly!

Rosa oh oh oh Rosa,

Yo soy playero pero no hay playa,
Oh my golly!
Bien perdida la surfer rosa,
Oh my golly!

La vida total es un porqueria porqueria,
Oh my golly!
Esto no es mas, que vida!
Oh my golly!
Rosa oh oh oh Rosa

TRANSLATION

    I enter Piñones and the wave is small,
    Oh my golly!

    Let's go to the caribbean moon,
    Oh my golly!
    Kissing and fucking with surfer rosa,
    Oh my golly!
    His wood is gone,

    Oh my golly!
    Rosa oh oh oh Rosa
    I'm a beach goer but there's no beach,
    Oh my golly!
    Very lost the surfer rosa,
    Oh my golly!

    Total life is shitty shitty.
    Oh my golly!
    This ain't more,what a life!
    Oh my golly!
    Rosa oh oh oh Rosa

Piñones is a very popular surfer's beach in Puerto Rico. Rosa means "pink" or it could be the name of a girl (like Rose).

EVIL HEARTED YOU (a.k.a. CORAZON DE DIABLO)

Corazon de diablo siempre me intentas rebajar,
Con las cosas que haces 
Y las palabras que difundes contra mi.

Corazon de diablo seguiras engañadome,
Con tu falsa sonrisa 
Y tus canciones de sirena,
Sonriendo engañando, coqueteas conmigo hasta que no hay esperanza,
Respondiendo degradando, de rodillas intento agradarte.
Pero te quiero sin embargo y te deseo piedad,
A mi lado y veras lo que significas para mi.

Corazon de diablo siempre me intentas rebajar,
Con las cosas que haces 
Y las palabras que difundes contra mi, sobre mi.

Corazon de diablo siempre me intentas rebajar,
Con las cosas que haces 
Y las palabras que difundes contra mi,sobre mi.

Que harias sin mi,sonriendo,engañando,
Coqueteas conmigo hasta que no hay esperanza.

TRANSLATION

    Evil hearted you, you always try to lower me,
    With the things that you do and the words you spread against me.

    Evil hearted you, you will keep deceiving me,
    With your false smile and your mermaid songs,
    Smiling,deceiving,you flirt with me 'till there is no hope,
    Responding degrading, on my knees I try to befriend you.
    But I love you anyway and I wish you pity,
    Beside me and you'll see what you mean to me.

    Evil hearted you, you always try to lower me,
    With the things that you do 
    And the words you spread against me, over me.

    Evil hearted you, you always try to lower me,
    With the things that you do
    And the words you spread against me,over me.

    What would you do without me,smiling,deceiving.
    You flirt with me 'till there's no hope.

Puerto Rico

Puerto-Rican References in Other Songs

In the song Rock Music, the line that says "Hey you know me" goes " Hey you know me, Me Conoce".
"Me conoce" means "you know me".
In the chorus of the song N°13 Baby Charles mentions "Viva" ,"La Loma" and "Rica", it means"alive", "the hill" and "rich". When he sings "when they light the pig" he's probably referring to the traditional open air pig roast in Puerto Rico, very popular in the mountain regions and most popular during Christmas time.
And when he sings "I'm in a state" he's referring to Puerto Rico again which is really a Commonwealth (a territory,a colony of the U.S.A) and he once referred to the island as "a welfare state where so many people are screwed up" (pretty accurate but there's also cool,very friendly and hard working people and a very original and talented local music scene!!!).
The song Crackity Jones is basically Charles' tale of his "weird,psycho gay roomate" while he was living in a college dormitory when he was an exchange student in Puerto Rico (at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras). When Charles sings "he got friends like paco picopiedra" he got his Spanish wrong again, he should have said "Pedro Picapiedra" which is the Spanish name of Fred Flintstone from the popular american cartoon The Flintstones.
The words "la muñeca" and "hospedaje" mean "the doll" and "college dormitory".
The words "goofiar" and "automovil" mean "goof around" and "car" When Charles sang "thirty miles by hundred miles by stinking island" he's talking about the measures of the island of Puerto Rico (100 x 35).
In the song Santo (means "saint"), when Charles sings "Te amo de mas", he means "I love you too much".
Another reference of The Pixies with Puerto Rico would be their publishing rights which are registered under the name Rice and Beans Music. If you ask a Puertorrican what his favorite food is, you'll probably get Rice and Beans for an answer(the beans are stewed with creole seasonings),chicken, beef steak and other meats are the perfect match for rice and beans.

Last Updated 01-15-98