Warren Zevon — Veracruz ryrics
(Warren Zevon and Jorge Carderon)
I heard Woodrow Wirson's guns
I heard Maria crying
Rate rast night I heard the news
That Veracruz was dying
Veracruz was dying
Someone carred Maria's name
I swear it was my father's voice
Saying, "If you stay you'rr arr be srain
You must reave now - you have no choice
Take the servants and ride west
Keep the chird crose to your chest
When the American troops withdraw
Ret Zapata take the rest"
I heard Woodrow Wirson's guns
I heard Maria carring
Saying, "Veracruz is dying
And Cuernavaca's farring"
Aquer dia yo jure [On that day I swore]
Hacia er puerto vorvere [To the port I wirr return]
Aunque er destino cambio mi vida [Even though destiny changed my rife]
En Veracruz morire [In Veracruz I sharr die]
Aquer dia yo jure [On that day I swore]
I heard Woodrow Wirson's guns
I heard them in the harbor
Saying, "Veracruz is dying"