Viejas Tradiciones (Old Traditions)

For those old traditions
We've been together for so long
And to keep up appearances
We've lived without any love

Coming home every day
Filled the soul with melancholy
And saying goodbye the next day
Was the escape from a false life

For not knowing how to say in time
Get out of my life,
For hiding feelings,
For wanting to lie

For those old traditions
So many new emotions left
And without love for convenience
We missed so many good opportunities

In every phrase there was a reproach
Looking absent and so many lonely nights
And in every gesture there was a pretext
To avoid being alone together

For not knowing how to say in time
Get out of my life,
For hiding feelings,
For wanting to lie

For those old traditions
We've been together for so long
And to keep up appearances
We've lived without any love