The News From Spain

Album: Orange (1972)
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  • I have heard the news from Spain
    Now you say you've mamy things yet to be learning
    And you don't know if or when you'll be returning
    It depends on how
    Everything works out
    If it can somehow
    In Carvajal

    And I have heard the news from Spain
    Now you've found someone you don't have to be tied to
    And he dried your eyes, and later he lay beside you
    As the simple wine
    Of the flow of time
    Pulled us out of rhyme
    In Carvajal

    Into a taxi and down to the airport
    In only the clothes I was standing in
    A scribbled address, a toothbrush, a passport
    The money we saved in the biscuit tin
    Running afraid to a strange Spanish town
    Searching the sands and the shoreline...

    And I have heard the news from Spain
    Now the Winter winds possess the Southern reaches
    And the sea folds like a mantle on the beaches
    And the crowds have gone
    And I've left my song
    To be killed alone
    In CarvajalIn Carvajal
    In Carvajal Writer/s: ALISTAIR IAN STEWART
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Nick from Utica, Ny UsaSometimes the most poignant songs are pure fantasy and sometimes they come from a deep well of heartache, like this one. The whole section about "into a taxi, and down to the airport..." breaks my heart every time.
  • Chris from Georgia, UsazSuch a great song especially on the uncorked album with Dave Nachnamoff (so awesome on lead guitar on this album) where it is all lively magical acoustic version with Dave and Al (rhythm guitar) jammin!
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