Wake up Angelita, your mama just turned off the light
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Manolo is already waiting by the old water-pipe
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Her shoes in one hand she carefully walks down the stairs
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Holding her breath 'cause there's danger and love in the air.
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Your papa will beat him if he ever finds out

C                      B7          C                      B7
Begging the Virgin won't help when you hear Manolito shout, Manolito shout
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He's already standing under the starlit sky
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You run to his arms and you laugh and you cry as he holds you tight
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He says he'll be leaving you soon still you beg him to stay

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But he wants to make it somewhere in the U.S.A.
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And though he'll be far he promises he'll write every day
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When time will be right, he'll come back and he'll take you away
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Your papa don't like him, he says he's no good
C                       B7           C                      B7
He steals and he fights and he never behaves, like a young man should, young man should
     C                                       Am                              Em                          C 

 

Angelita she knows, he's not that bad inside
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She takes the medal, she wears on a chain, and presses it into his palm.
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