El Fusilado

Album: The Boy Bands Have Won (2008)
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  • Listen close to this crooked mouth
    For my story I will tell–o
    I lived in Mexico by the
    Name of Wenseslao Moguel–o
    Left my home in Santiago
    The heart of the city of Merida
    Served with my brothers and sisters all
    For the army of Pancho Villa

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots, I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    The Federales captured me
    Bound up my arms with wire
    Officer came he says, "Take your aim –
    Steady your guns and fire!"
    Bullet holes all across my chest
    Ripped up my shirt and my body–o
    Heart beat on through the silenced guns
    To the rhythm of life inside me–o

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots, I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Fell to the ground, the officer came
    One last shot to the head­–o
    Heard through the pain as he walked away
    And left me there for dead–o
    All went quiet so I crawled away
    I wasn't giving up to the glory
    Ten good shots, I took them all
    And lived to tell my story

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots, I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots, I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots, I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado Writer/s: ALLAN WHALLEY, JUDITH ABBOTT, LOUISE WATTS, NEIL FERGUSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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