El Salvador-Christy Moore

[ti:El Salvador] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:Collection Part Two] [by:] [offset:0] [00:05.82]A girl cries in the early morning [00:09.43]Woken by the sound of a gun [00:12.06] [00:14.09]She knows somewhere somebody s dying [00:17.38] [00:17.89]Beneath the rising sun [00:20.88] [00:22.81]Outside the window of her cabaa [00:26.88]The shadows are full of her fears [00:29.67] [00:31.30]She knows her lover is out there somewhere [00:35.17] [00:35.73]He s been on the run for a year [00:38.97] [00:41.47]Oh the soul of El Salvador [00:46.16]Bells ring out in the chapel steeple [00:54.58]A priest prepares to say mass [00:57.32] [00:59.45]The sad congregation come tired and hungry [01:02.58] [01:04.02]To pray that trouble will pass [01:05.73] [01:08.29]Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets [01:12.22]Where his crowd gathers round [01:14.71] [01:16.70]Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood [01:21.13]Where the boby is found [01:24.18] [01:26.67]Oh the soul of El Salvador [01:32.56] [01:35.68]Out on the ranch the rich man s preparing [01:39.93]To go for his morning ride [01:42.42] [01:44.48]They ve saddled his horse out in the corral [01:48.59]He walks out full of pride [01:51.34] [01:53.33]He looks like a cowboy from one of those pictures [01:57.64]A president made in the past [02:00.57] [02:02.07]Peasants in rags the stand back for they know [02:06.18]That El Rico travels fast [02:09.49] [02:13.43]Over the soul of El Salvador [02:18.78] [02:21.79]A girl cries in the early morning [02:26.59]Woken by the sound of a gun [02:29.90] [02:31.02]She knows somewhere somebody s dying [02:34.46] [02:35.44]Beneath the rising sun [02:38.63] [02:39.94]Outside the window of her cabaa [02:44.19]The shadows are full of her fears [02:47.81] [02:48.50]She knows her lover is out there somewhere [02:52.86]He s been on the run for a year [02:55.91] [02:58.75]Oh the soul of El Salvador [03:03.93] [03:07.29]Oh the soul of El Salvador [03:13.09] [03:16.09]Oh the soul of El Salvador