located one station before the southern end (Metro Universidad). There seems to be an intention in mentioning the stations located just before both ends, but is feasible to consider that "Indios Verdes" and "Universidad" have too long names to fit into the metrics of the song. Besides, none of the other places mentioned fit with an existing subway station. San Simón and Escandón neighborhoods are rather far away from Balderas; Contreras, an outskirt area beside wooded mountains, is almost the opposite to Downtown. "La Curva" was a popular beer saloon at the Del Valle neighborhood, highly praised by El Tri in another song of the same album, specially written for it. 5. Some lines saying "there I lost my love" were replaced by "there remained the trace of our love". 6. What got "smeared" at Balderas was "my reputation", instead of "my heart". To be "smeared" ("embarrado") in Mexico City slang can be used as "to be run over", but also in the same sense of calumny it can have in English ("to be the subject of a calumny"), or as "to be accused of being involved in some dirty issue", so this new sense can be feasible, according to the end of the song. 7. What makes all this coherent is revealed to the listener in the last verse, where El Tri says: Fue en la estación del metro Balderas, ahí fue donde ella se metió al talón. That is, in Mexico City slang: It was there, at Balderas subway, where she entered into prostitution. Argentine band Los Enanitos Verdes made a cover of the El Tri version in 1998 for their Tracción Acústica album. In the 1980s, a Mexican Rock band, "Grupo Dama" recorded a cover of this song. References 1982 songs Spanish-language songs