El Lute (intro) (midi) (sample)

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(Spoken : ) This is the story of El Lute,

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a man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal

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because he was poor, but he refused to accept his fate,

and today his honour has been restored.

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1. He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die

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for something that somebody else did, and blamed on El Lute.

Then they changed it to life, and so he could escape,

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from then on they chased him, and searched for him day and night,

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all over Spain, but the search was in vain for El Lute.

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He had only seen the dark side of life, the man they called El Lute,

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and he wanted a home just like you and like me,

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in a country where all would be free.

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So he taught himself to read and to write, it didn't help El Lute,

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he was one who had dared to escape overnight,

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they had to find El Lute.

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Soon the fame of his name, spread like wild fire all over the land,

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with a price on his head people still gave him bread,

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and they gave him a hand,

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for they knew he was right, and his fight was their fight.

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2. No one gave you a chance in the Spain of those days,

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on the walls every place they had put up the face of El Lute.

And he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood,

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they finally caught him and that seemed the end.

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But they caught him in vain, ’cause a change came for Spain,

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and El Lute.

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He had only seen the dark side of life, the man they called El Lute,

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and he wanted a home just like you and like me,

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in a country where all would be free.

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So he taught himself to read and to write, it didn't help El Lute,

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he was one who had dared to escape overnight,

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they had to find El Lute.

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(orig. = capo 1st) (Boney M)