ZZ Top. Historias de la frontera y otras cosas que quizás no sabías.
Si eres un incondicional de los ZZ Top, habrás escuchado en más de una ocasión, The Mexican Blackbird. Este tema fue publicado en el año 1975 dentro del album Fandango!. Editado por London Records, Fandango! supuso su cuarto disco, tras el exitoso álbum Tres Hombres con la famosa La Grange, a la cual ya dedicamos un artículo. Aunque seguro que os sabréis la letra de memoria, aquí la tenéis:
If you’re down in Acuna and you ain’t up to being alone
don’t spend all your money on just any honey that’s grown.
Go find the Mexican blackbird and send all your troubles back home.
don’t spend all your money on just any honey that’s grown.
Go find the Mexican blackbird and send all your troubles back home.
They all call her «puta» ‘cause no one really knows her name.
She works the cantina, dancin’ and a-lovin’s her trade.
Her mama was Mez’can and her daddy was the ace of spades.
She works the cantina, dancin’ and a-lovin’s her trade.
Her mama was Mez’can and her daddy was the ace of spades.
Oh, let’s drive that old Chrysler down to Mexico, boy.
Said, keep your hands on the wheel there.
Oh, it sure is fine, ain’t it?
Now, ya got it! Hand me another one of them brews from back there.
Oh, this is gonna be so good.
Said, keep your hands on the wheel there.
Oh, it sure is fine, ain’t it?
Now, ya got it! Hand me another one of them brews from back there.
Oh, this is gonna be so good.
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