А girl cries in the early morning
Woke by the sound of a gun
She knows somewhere somebody’s dying
Beneath the rising sun
Outside the window of her cabana
the shadows are full of her fears
She knows her lover is out there somewhere
He's been on the run for a year
CHORUS:
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Bells ring out on the chapel steeple
А priest prepares to say mass
The sad congregation come tired and hungry
To pray that the troubles will pass
Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets
Where his body is found
Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood
Where the crowd gathers round.
CHORUS:
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Out on the ranch the rich man’s preparing
To go for his morning ride
They’ve saddled his horse out in the corral
He walks out full of pride
He looks like a cowboy from one of those movies
А president made in the past
Peasants in rags, they stand back for they know
That Enrico gallops fast
CHORUS:
Over the soul - of El Salvador
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
She runs to the street where the young man is lying
As Enrico reigns in his horse
Looks in his eyes for a sign of compassion
The rich man shows no remorse
She pulls the pistol from out of her lover’s hands
Points it at Enrico’s head
Soldiers with rifles fire down at her point blank
She falls to her lover‘s side – dead
CHORUS:
Dead as the soul - of El Salvador
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Bells ring out on the chapel steeple
Peasants file in dressed in black
To pray for the souls of the two young lovers
Though they know it will not bring them back
To pray for the souls of their beloved El Salvador
А country of trouble and fear
А country that’s run by the gun and corruption
Today as it has been for years
CHORUS:
Oh, the soul - of El Salvador
Pity, the soul - of El Salvador