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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The peons
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of Mexico long have known suffering and pain.
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Zapata and Villa have died there,
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fighting in vain.
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Rube'n Jaramillo kept up the tradition,
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he fought for the land once again.
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He lived for the land,
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and there on the land he was slain.
Verse 2
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A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
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of a man who had lived by the gun,
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but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot undo
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all the work that he's done.
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Verse 3
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The greedy capiques* have stolen
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and plundered the land,
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With pistoleros they ruled
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with a cold iron hand.
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The poor campesinos could stand it no longer,
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resistance was starting to grow.
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Jaramillo decided to fight
Verse 4
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A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
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of a man who had lived by the gun,
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but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
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do all the work that he's done.
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Verse 5
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For twenty long years he fought and he struggled and tried,
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always there at his side.
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Often surrounded, he always was hounded,
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A man of deep sorrow,
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but also a man of deep pride.
Verse 6
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A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
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of a man who had lived by the gun,
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but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
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do all the work that he's done.
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Verse 7
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Two thousand peasants he led
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to their long-promised land,
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land,
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and the army's revenge killed the
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wife and the sons and the man.
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His assasins rejoiced with their whiskey and women,
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they danced on his grave.
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Now the land waits again for another
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Verse 8
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A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
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of a man who had lived by the gun,
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but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
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do all the work that he's done.
Outro 1
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