El Lute

This is the story of El Lute
 A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal
 Because he was poor
 But he refused to accept his fate
 And today his honor has been restored
 He was only nineteen
 And he was sentenced to die
 For something that somebody else did
 And blamed on El Lute
 Then they changed it to life
 And so he could escape
 From then on they chased him
 And searched for him day and night
 All over Spain
 But the search was in vain for El Lute
 He had only seen the dark side of life
 The man they called El Lute
 And he wanted a home just like you and like me
 In a country where all would be free
 Though he taught himself to read and to write
 It didn't help El Lute
 He was one who had dared to escape overnight
 They had to find El Lute
 Soon the fame of his name
 Spread like wildfire all over the land
 With a price on his head
 People still gave him bread
 And they gave him a hand
 For they knew he was right
 And his fight was their fight
 No one gave you a chance
 In the Spain of those days
 On the walls every place
 They had put up the face of El Lute
 And he robbed where he could
 Just like once Robin Hood
 They finally caught him
 And that seemed the end
 But they caught him in vain
 'Cause a change came for Spain
 And El Lute
 He had only seen the dark side of life
 The man they called El Lute
 And he wanted a home just like you and like me
 In a country where all would be free
 And then freedom really came to his land
 And also to El Lute
 Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
 The man they called El Lute
 He had only seen the dark side of life
 The man they called El Lute
 And he wanted a home just like you and like me
 In a country where all would be free
 And then freedom really came to his land
 And also to El Lute
 Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
 The man they called El Lute
 He had only seen the dark side of life
 The man they called El Lute
 And he wanted a home just like you and like me
 In a country where all would be free