LYRICS TO ALL DONNA SUMMER SONGS (WITH TRANSLATION TO SPANISH)

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RUNNING FOR COVER (Summer, 1980)

Spent the best of my life running scared
in the city
Left my shoes and my clothes and my lovers behind, yeah
Oh, but I felt incomplete
Living out there in the street

I was always alone and afraid, such a pity
Little girls just don't know
What comes out after dark
But the devil waits in heat
Down on that dead end street

And I say
Running for cover
Running for cover
Running for cover
It's keeping me running
I'm just scared that he's out tonight
It's keeping me running
I don't know why but it's getting dark
Say the devil's in the park
And it's already after dark 
Running for cover
Running for cover
Running for cover now
Now

Life is really so hard
When you live in the city
No one knows what a young girl has on her mind, yeah
But you're headed for defeat
Down on that dead end street

Never learned of the lesson you should, such a pity
Still and all you'll stay with the others behind, well
And the promise in the dark
Is that the devil's in the park

And I say
Running for cover
Running for cover
Running for cover
It's keeping me running
I'm just scared that he's out tonight
It's keeping me running
I don't know why but it's getting dark
Say the devil's in the park
And it's already after dark 

(Running for cover, running for cover, running for cover
Running for cover, running for cover, running for cover)

Oh, so, baby, won't you running for cover?
Hey, so, baby, won't you running for cover?

I was always alone and afraid in the city
Left my shoes and my clothes and my lovers behind
I felt incomplete
Out there in the street

(Running for cover, running for cover, running for cover
Running for cover, running for cover, running for cover)

Oh, so, baby, won't you running for cover?
Hey, so, baby, won't you running for cover?

 

SPANISH TRANSLATION:


BUSCANDO REFUGIO (Summer, 1980)

Pasé lo mejor de mi vida corriendo asustada en la ciudad
Dejé mis zapatos, mis vestidos y mis amantes atrás, sí
Oh, pero me sentía incompleta
Viviendo ahí fuera en la calle

Siempre estaba sola y temerosa, qué lástima
Las chicas pequeñas no saben
Lo que viene después del anochecer
Pero el diablo espera en celo
En ese callejón sin salida

Y yo digo
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio
Hace que siga corriendo
Tengo miedo de que él haya salido esta noche
Hace que siga corriendo
No sé por qué pero está oscureciendo
Dicen que el diablo está en el parque
Y ya es después del anochecer
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio ahora
Ahora

La vida es realmente dura
Cuando se vive en la ciudad
Nadie sabe lo que una chica joven tiene en su mente, sí
Pero estás condenada al fracaso
En ese callejón sin salida

Nunca aprendiste la lección que debías, qué lástima
Aún así te quedarás con los otros atrás, bien
Y la promesa en la oscuridad
Es que el diablo está en el parque

Y yo digo
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio
Buscando refugio
Hace que siga corriendo
Tengo miedo de que él haya salido esta noche
Hace que siga corriendo
No sé por qué pero está oscureciendo
Dicen que el diablo está en el parque
Y ya es después del anochecer

(Buscando refugio, buscando refugio, buscando refugio
Buscando refugio, buscando refugio, buscando refugio)

Oh, así que, cariño, ¿no vas a buscar refugio?
Oye, así que, cariño, ¿no vas a buscar refugio?

Siempre estaba sola y temerosa en la ciudad
Dejé mis zapatos, mis vestidos y mis amantes atrás
Me sentía incompleta
Ahí fuera en la calle

(Buscando refugio, buscando refugio, buscando refugio
Buscando refugio, buscando refugio, buscando refugio)

Oh, así que, cariño, ¿no vas a buscar refugio?
Oye, así que, cariño, ¿no vas a buscar refugio?




 

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