Oh, don't sell yourself short--I bet you speak ten words of Spanish. Si, no, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cerveza, tortilla, biblioteca. See?

Gracias!

Lyrics (not transcribed by me):

La dulce niña Carolina no tiene edad para hacer el amor,
su madre la estará buscando, eso es lo que creo yo.
No puedo echarla de mi casa, me dice que no tiene donde dormir,
después se mete en mi cama eso es mucho para mi.
Esta va a ser mi ruina, pequeña Carolina vete por favor.

Chorus:
Carolina trátame bien no te rias de mi, no me arranques la piel.
Carolina trátame bien o al final te tendré que comer.

No queda en la ciudad esquina tras la que yo me pueda esconder,
siempre aparece Carolina con algún tipo de interés.
La reina de las medicinas que no se venden en farmacia legal
vinagre para las heridas, dulce azúcar al final.
El diablo está en mi vida, pequeña Carolina vete por favor.

Chorus.

El diablo está en mi vida, pequeña Carolina vete por favor.

As translated by Google:

The sweet girl Carolina has no age for making love,
her mother is looking for, that's what I believe.
I can not get my house, I said he had no where to sleep,
then gets into my bed that's a lot to me.
This will be my ruin, please go small Carolina.

Chorus:
Carolina trátame well you rials me, I did not start the skin.
Carolina trátame good or at the end you have to eat.

It was in the city after the corner that I can hide,
Carolina always appears with an interest.
The queen of the medicines that are not sold in pharmacies legal
vinegar for wounds, sweet sugar at the end.
The devil is in my life, please go small Carolina.

Chorus.

The devil is in my life, please go small Carolina.

Madre de dios. I was afraid the song might be about something squicky.

Although at least it's not as yucky as the Jim Morrison version of "Gloria". Jim groans and moans and asks Gloria what grade she's in. Dude. If you have to ask...

Have you seen Popdose's 'Statutory Rock List'?

No I hadn't. I actually don't know most of those songs. But I do know "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones. When it was released for the second time in 1989 and I first heard it that summer, I was just turning 16 and I luuuuurved that song. Though I thought of it with reference to the 17-year-old guy I also luuuuurved, not some greasy, creepy middle-aged guy. And.... though at 34 I am know old enough to know better, I still luuuuurve that song. And I stand by my belief that it is an objectively decent song, except for the opening lines. If Benny Mardones could only have replaced those opening lines ("She's just sixteen years old/leave her alone/they said") with something, anything, else.

Google goofed the translation. Don't have time to do it myself. But that's not right. It is about someone younger crawling into his bed, but that ain't right. Just pretend that the dude is singing about his love for the Tar Heels, all James Taylor like.

Fortunately, I've got a slow afternoon. Someone check me here.

Sweet girl Carolina, she's too young to make love
Her mother will be searching, this is what I believe.
I cannot go to my home, she told me she had nowhere to sleep
After she got into my bed, this is (too) much for me
This is going to be my ruin, little Carolina, please go.

Carolina, heed me well, do not jest with me, do not begin to peel for me
Carolina, heed me well, or in the end you will have to be eaten

Not meeting in the city, past the corner, where I am able to hide
Carolina always appears with some type of appeal
The queen of the medicines not sold in legal pharmacies,
Vinegar for wounds, sweet sugar at the end
The devil is in my life, little Carolina please go.

Chorus

The devil is in my life, little Carolina please go.

That's a Tom Robbins novel right there.

Oh so it's just a little iffy. I can't help liking this line:

The queen of the medicines not sold in legal pharmacies

That's an undeniably clever and original simile.