Lyrics to
El Lute

This version of El Lute was released by Boney M in 1979.

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This is the story of El Lute
A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal
Because he was poor
But he refused to accept his fate
And today his honor has been restored

He was only nineteen
And he was sentenced to die
For something that somebody else did
And blamed on El Lute
Then they changed it to life
And so he could escape
From then on they chased him
And searched for him day and night
all over Spain
But the search was in vain for El Lute

He had only seen the dark side of life
The man they called El Lute
And he wanted a home just like you and like me
In a country where all would be free
So he taught himself to read and to write
It didn’t help El Lute
He was one who had dared to escape overnight
They had to find El Lute

Soon the fame of his name
Spread like wild fire all over the land
With a price on his head
People still gave him bread
And they gave him a hand
For they knew he was right
And his fight was their fight

No one gave you a chance
In the Spain of those days
On the walls every place they had put up
The face of El Lute
And he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood
They finally caught him and
That seemed the end
But they caught him in vain
Cause a change came for Spain
And El Lute

He had only seen the dark side of life
The man they called El Lute
And he wanted a home just like you and like me
In a country where all would be free
And then freedom really came to his land
And also to El Lute
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
The man they called El Lute

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About Lyrics and El Lute by Boney M

The lyrics to El Lute are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Boney M in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to El Lute are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Boney M and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for El Lute back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to El Lute by Boney M in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to El Lute" means the words set to the music of El Lute, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boney M. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to El Lute and the lyrics to El Lute are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boney M who came here looking just for the lyrics to El Lute, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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