Salvador, my Salvador
What have I done
I have only myself to blame
I should have known the shells would fall and make a
Mockery of your name
How could I trust a man
Who can read the cards like prophecies
Or roll the stars like dice
Then turn a simple woman's savings into
A gambler's pack of lies?
Lies that shatter her heart like crystal
And pound her heart like a drum
At the shape in those predictions
Of what you will become?
Listen to the children singing, Salvi
Listen to the poorhouse bells
See the supper they are bringing
To their mouths like little shells?
I would wash all the laundry of the ocean
I'd scrub the poorhouse floors
To stop the moon in motion
From the fate he said is yours
How could anyone look into your eyes such pure eyes
And see a murderer in there
I see an angel on a hillside
With moonlight in his hair
I hear the voices in the sea
They say the stars will be our city lights
Your soul is safe with me
Our roots are here in Mayaguez
The Santero's words are strong
But he read the fate of someone else
The prophesy is wrong
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