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THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER lyrics : "Blues For Pablo"

(Music by Gil Evans; Lyrics by Jon Hendricks)
Adios mi Corazon Iberia
Adios mi Corazon adios

Adios, adios Iberia
Adios, adios Iberia


Adios my Pablo
You know how much we'll miss you
When you finally leave us

Vaya con Dios

Over the water came a

Brother driven mad
Puttin' forth a heathen horde
On his people

To blacken human spirit'll
Make the devil glad - glad
Things like that will make

The devil glad
Make the devil so glad
You fight your brother

Tryin' t' fight your brother
Drives you mad
And madness blinds you Pablo


Mi Pais, mi Catalonia - When?
When you comin' home?

When you comin' home?
Well, my heart is near home
Ever home

None play our music
None paint our pictures
None make our spirit glow

My body's leaving but not me
Your face we will see
On the day that we're free

So go - Pablo
When danger threatens I must flee


The darkness comes
With a roll of the drums


Dark! Dark!

All the people work

Yet there is no pay
No pay - low pay
All the people work

Yet the children hunger on, Pablo

Hear me say Madre, mi Madre

The everlasting light of art
Will ever shine
As long as I'm away from home

The devil strikes without warning
Turn life's wheel aroun'
Black is white, wrong is right,

Up is down

Life is heavy 'neath these

New Conquistadores
Los Conquistadores acted nice
While at home

Madre
Mi Madre
Mi Padre

I know that you're the music
And the beauty
All I ever do

Is to keep the lamp of beauty
Burning bright to keep it alive
Keep the light alive

To keep the light alive
Keep the light alive
That's a light s' gotta live


All the people work
All the people pray
We miss you
All the people pray

For your safe returning (oh Pablo)
Will you, will you, will you,
Will you, will you please
Cast an eye overseas,
Over there, over there

Over there around the
Hispaniolas - si Cuba
Hombre Cubano,
El comprende como sta?
Adios, mi Corazon, Iberia

Adios, o' little sons of Iberia
Adios, Adios, Adios
Adios

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