Song Lyrics

This is the story of el lute
A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal
Because he was poor
But he refused to accept his fate

And today his honor has been restored
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
Soon the fame of his name

Spread like wild fire all over the land
With a price on his head
People still gave him bread
And they gave him a hand

For they knew he was right
And his fight was their fight
No one gave you 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

Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Hans Blum