El Lute

HE WAS ONLY NINETEEN
AND HE WAS SENTENCED TO DIE
FOR SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE DID
AND BLAMED ON EL LUTE
THEN THEY CHANGED IT TO LIFE
AND SO HE COULD ESCAPE
FROM THEN ON THEY CHASED HIM
AND SEARCHED FOR HIM DAY AND NIGHT
ALL OVER SPAIN
BUT THE SEARCH WAS IN VAIN FOR EL LUTE
HE HAD ONLY SEEN THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE
THE MAN THEY CALLED EL LUTE
AND HE WANTED A HOME JUST LIKE YOU AND LIKE ME
IN A COUNTRY WHERE ALL WOULD BE FREE
SO HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO READ AND TO WRITE
IT DIDN'T HELP EL LUTE
HE WAS ONE WHO HAD DARED TO ESCAPE OVERNIGHT
THEY HAD TO FIND EL LUTE
NO ONE GAVE HIM A CHANCE
IN THE SPAIN OF THOSE DAYS
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
THEY FINALLY CAUGHT HIM AND
THAT SEEMED THE END
BUT THEY CAUGHT HIM IN VAIN
CAUSE A CHANGE CAME FOR SPAIN
AND EL LUTE
HE HAD ONLY SEEN THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE
THE MAN THEY CALLED EL LUTE
AND HE WANTED A HOME JUST LIKE YOU AND LIKE ME
IN A COUNTRY WHERE ALL WOULD BE FREE
AND THEN FREEDOM REALLY CAME TO HIS LAND
AND ALSO TO EL LUTE
NOW HE WALKS IN THE LIGHT OF A SUNNY NEW DAY
THE MAN THEY CALLED EL LUTE;