SPANISH NIGHTS

OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS BREEZES THROUGH THE GRAND ALHAMBRA
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS THE SKY A GIANT CANDELABRA
MARKET STALLS WITH SILKS AND LACES
SOFT LOVE CALLS AND LONG EMBRACES
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

ONCE A SOLDIER CAME HE SHARED WITH US HIS SANGRIA
CONSRIPTION WAS HIS GAME AND HE LEFT WITH MY MARIA
WITHOUT THINKING WORDS WERE SPOKEN
TOO MUCH DRINKING, HEARTS WERE BROKEN
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

WE WERE SO YOUNG, BUT YOU, SO IDEALISTIC
WOULD NEVER BEND TO SEE MY POINT OF VIEW
I STOPPED BELIEVING WHEN YOU BOUGHT A
TICKET LEAVING FROM GRANADA
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

THEN THE WORLD WENT MAD YEARS OF BLOODSHED STAINED THE LAND
A CIVIL WAR WE HAD AND THE FACISTS GAINED THE UPPER HAND
THEN CAME PHOTOS OF MARIA
COVERED IN SOME WHITE GARDENIAS
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

AFTER THE ATTACK THEY APPEARED AT MY BACK DOOR
A WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK AND A CHILD OF THREE OR FOUR
SHE'S DOLORES, MARIA TAUGHT HER
THIS CHILD IS YOURS, SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

FLEEING FOR OUR LIVES WE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO ROME
THEN WHEN SHE TURNED FIVE A NEW LAND BECAME OUR NEW HOME
NOW DOLORES THE WAR IS PASSED
THE FUTURE FOR US, WE MUST MAKE LAST
OH THOSE SPANISH NIGHTS SO LONG AGO

OH THESE SPANISH NIGHTS THE BREEZES THROUGH THE GRAND ALHAMBRA
OH THESE SPANISH NIGHTS THE SKY A GIANT CANDELABRA
SWEET DOLORES SITS WITH ME
OUTSIDE ON OUR BALCONY
OH THESE SPANISH NIGHTS, I LOVE YOU SO


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