Veracruz lyrics

Song information

Artist: Warren Zevon
Album: Excitable Boy

Lyrics

By warren zevon and jorge calderon
C. 1978 zevon music/bmi and polite music/ascap

I heard woodrow wilson's guns
I heard maria crying
Late last night I heard the news
That veracruz was dying
Veracruz was dying

Someone called maria's name
I swear it was my father's voice
Saying, "if you stay you'll all be slain
You must leave now - you have no choice
Take the servants and ride west
Keep the child close to your chest
When the american troops withdraw
Let zapata take the rest"

I heard woodrow wilson's guns
I heard maria calling
Saying, "veracruz is dying
And cuernavaca's falling"

Aquel dia yo jure (on that day I swore)
Hacia el puerto volvere (to the port I will return)
Aunque el destino cambio mi vida (even though destiny changed my life)
En veracruz morire (in veracruz I shall die)
Aquel dia yo jure (on that day I swore)

I heard woodrow wilson's guns
I heard them in the harbor
Saying, "veracruz is dying"

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Excitable Boy" album track list