El Espinazo Del Diablo
Los Tigres del Norte
The Devil's Backbone
From beyond the Sierra Madre
where the devil roars
many say it's the air
but it hasn't been proven.
Don Manuel Moreno left
to the Sierra de Durango
following a vein
said to be uranium.
On one of the slopes
of the devil's backbone
Moreno found the vein
that was his golden dream.
He went down to register his mine
in the city of Durango
not knowing that his life
was worth less than a penny
because some greedy crows
were going to try to steal from him.
A disgruntled colonel
shouted curses to hell
Don't you understand that uranium
is government property.
Moreno replied
with his calm demeanor
You know that to find it
I have gone through hell.
That's when his ordeal began
because even his feet burned
but that mine, gentlemen
will never belong to the government.
With a bag of light bulbs
he blew up Colonel Medina
but to achieve it
he had to offer his life
with him he took the secret
of the coveted mine.
