Sólo porque soy viejo

I'm gonna tell the story of what happened to me,
I used to live in the Lowlands of Mena,
I met a girl who played me for a fool,
just because I'm old and she's so young.

One afternoon I was sitting in the shade,
strumming my guitar on the porch,
I saw her walk by, arm in arm, she didn't look my way,
just because I'm old and she's so young.

I'm gonna set my heart on fire
so it turns black like coal,
so no one else suffers like I do,
just because I'm old and she's so young.

They went off to the other side, I watched them go,
between laughter and kisses, the sun came in,
like a black panther, she looked at me,
just because I'm old and she's so young.

I followed them across the bridge, oh God, please!
I grabbed my knife with great pain,
I killed them both together without mercy,
for fooling an old man with a young girl.

Justice is on my tail, forgive me, Lord!
I'm gonna die an old man in prison,
in the Lowlands of Mena, they're both lying,
and that's the end of the story of an old love.