Spanish Doll Lyrics

This place feels so unfamiliar
And yet I know it well
I think I used to belong here
But the only way I can tell
Is that I miss you still
And I cannot find you here
You left me tattered and torn
Just like that Sweet Spanish doll
(Sweet Spanish...Sweet Spanish...) doll
I went down to the alley way
(Sierra la Bonita)
And found that you were gone
Spanish doll: si nunca te fueras (if you would never leave)
You left no word no message
I still don't know
Exactly what went wrong
Spanish doll: lágrimas (tears)
But now no matter where I go
I always seem to return
Spanish doll: búscame (find me)
To where you left me tattered and torn
Spanish doll: yo estoy rompido mi muñeca (I am torn
my sweet doll)
Just like that sweet Spanish doll
(Sweet spanish...Sweet Spanish doll)
A memory guilded in red and gold
Spanish doll: del oro (of gold)
Beauty guarded and never sold
Spanish doll: cuídame (protect me)
I keep it with me wherever I go
And I love you still
Spanish doll: Recuérdame (remember me)
No matter how a story will unfold
You know I always will
Spanish doll: Rescátame (Rescue Me)
Have part of you here
In this souvenir
(Spanish doll)
A stranger in this world without you
Is all that I can ever be
All I know that's pure and clear
You left it with me here
In this souvenir
Spanish... [fading]
Spanish...
Spanish...
...Doll
MAN:
And here is father and lovely daughter, shot down in her
mistaken flight...
(Sweet Spanish...Sweet)
MAN:
....unaware yet how her life will be
affected by this...experience.
(Sweet...Sweet...)
GIRL:
Mommy, how come you cry?
MAN:
While what was really happened was in the years of her childhood...
(Sweet Spanish...Sweet)
MAN:
Perhaps that is where the real story is: in her family house.
GIRL:
How come it's a house of leaves?
(Sweet Spanish...Sweet Spanish)
GIRL:
How come it's a house of leaves?
Spanish doll: Recuérdame
(Applause)

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