El Lute-Boney M.

[ti:El Lute] [ar:Boney M] [al:Greatest Hits Of All Times Vol. II '89] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]El Lute - Boney M. [00:03.47]This is the story of El Lute [00:07.77]A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal [00:12.57]Because he was poor [00:15.07]But he refused to accept his fate [00:18.09]And today his honor has been restored [00:52.21]He was only nineteen [00:54.64]And was sentenced to die [00:57.46]For something that somebody else did [01:00.89]And blamed on El Lute [01:07.38]Then they changed it to life [01:09.66]And so he could escape [01:12.39]From then only chased him [01:14.55]And searched for him day and night [01:17.27]All over Spain [01:21.18]But the search was in vain [01:25.60]For El Lute [01:29.56]He had only seen the dark side of life [01:33.81]The man they called El Lute [01:38.44]And he wanted a home [01:40.53]Just like you and like me [01:42.93]In a country where all would be free [01:47.62]Though he taught himself [01:49.29]To read and to write [01:51.97]It didn't help El Lute [01:56.67]He was one who had dared to escape overnight [02:01.21]They had to find [02:04.19]El Lute [02:42.74]Soon the fame of his tale [02:45.76]Spread like wild fire [02:47.74]All over the land [02:53.34]Were the prize on his head [02:55.64]People still gave him bread [02:58.95]And they gave him a hand [03:06.94]For they knew he was right [03:11.55]And his fight was their fight [03:15.96]No one gave you a chance [03:18.27]In the Spain of those days [03:21.12]On was every place [03:22.84]They had put up the face of El Lute [03:30.95]And he robbed where he could [03:33.06]Just like once Robin Hood [03:36.05]They finally caught him [03:37.96]And that seemed the end [03:40.04]But they caught him in vain [03:44.59]'Cause a change came for Spain [03:48.93]And El Lute [03:52.95]He had only seen the dark side of life [03:57.07]The man they called El Lute [04:01.68]And he wanted a home [04:03.82]Just like you and like me [04:06.47]In a country where all would be free [04:10.85]And then freedom really came to his land [04:15.19]And also to El Lute [04:19.71]Now he walks in the line [04:21.85]Of a sunny new day [04:24.09]The man they call El Lute