Story Behind The Song
We recorded this song in a studio two blocks from Mariachi Square in LA and recruited Mariachi to play on the song. The performances were incredible.
Song Description
This is a story of lost love resulting from war. Pictured in a small Mexican town with the chivalry of generations past, a lover leaves his girl to fight in the war and is never heard from again until she sees him years later but he has no memory due to a traumatic injury.
| Song Length |
4:29 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
The Raconteurs, Neil Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Spanish Lullaby
In a small Spanish villa
A seniorita so fair
The essence of passion
Flowered the air
Stood a great caballero
Young Javier
Off to fight enemigo
Much to Marta's despair
Kiss me once as you're leaving
Hold me close til you're gone
And I'll sing you this song
Days and weeks slowly passing
...not a word
The battle's long over
Dead and buried observed
Javier never hear from
But her youth remained
The heart that was broken
She buried with the pain
Kiss another comfort
Hold your lover in vain
It's just not the same
As she strolled through market
Marta's baby in tow
Stood a brave Javier, oh...
Not a person he'd know
A mortar's blunt fragment
Stole his mind and his past
His love and his comfort
Were erased by the blast
Her tear carved a river
A heartbreak amends
He'll never see him again