Christy Moore
El Salvador
A girl cries in the early morningWoken by the sound of a gunShe knows somewhere somebody's dyingBeneath the rising sunOutside the window Of her cabañaThe shadows are full of her fearsShe knows her lover Is out there somewhereHe's been on the run for a yearOh the soul of El SalvadorThe bell rings out in the chapel steeple The priest prepares to say massThe sad congregation come tired and hungryTo pray their troubles will passOutside the sun risesOver the dusty streetsWhere the crowd gathers 'roundFlies and mosquitoes are Drinking from pools of bloodWhere his body is foundSongtexteOh the soul of El SalvadorOut on the ranch the rich man's preparingTo go for his morning rideThey've saddles his house out in the corralHe walks out full of prideHe looks like a cowboyIn one of those picturesThe president made in the pastThe peasants in rags they Stand back for they know thatEnrico gallops fastOver the soul of El SalvadorA girl cries in the early morningWoken by the sound of a gunShe knows somewhere somebody's dyingBeneath the rising sunOutside the window Of her cabañaThe shadows are full of her fearsShe knows her lover Is out there somewhereHe's been on the run for a yearOh the soul of El SalvadorOh the soul of El SalvadorOh the soul of El Salvador
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