BONEY M. - El Lute lyrics

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This is the story of el lute<br>A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal<br>Because he was poor<br>But he refused to accept his fate<br>And today his honor has been restored<br><br>He was only nineteen<br>And he was sentenced to die<br>For something that somebody else did<br>And blamed on el lute<br>Then they changed it to life<br>And so he could escape<br>From then on they chased him<br>And searched for him day and night<br>All over spain<br>But the search was in vain for el lute<br><br>He had only seen the dark side of life<br>The man they called el lute<br>And he wanted a home just like you and like me<br>In a country where all would be free<br>So he taught himself to read and to write<br>It didn't help el lute<br>He was one who had dared to escape overnight<br>They had to find el lute<br><br>Soon the fame of his name<br>Spread like wild fire all over the land<br>With a price on his head<br>People still gave him bread<br>And they gave him a hand<br>For they knew he was right<br>And his fight was their fight<br><br>No one gave you a chance<br>In the spain of those days<br>On the walls every place they had put up<br>The face of el lute<br>And he robbed where he could just like once robin hood<br>They finally caught him and<br>That seemed the end<br>But they caught him in vain<br>Cause a change came for spain<br>And el lute<br><br>He had only seen the dark side of life<br>The man they called el lute<br>And he wanted a home just like you and like me<br>In a country where all would be free<br>And then freedom really came to his land<br>And also to el lute<br>Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day<br>The man they called el lute