Song Description

A powerful and pensive song about time spent in Spain during the Basque troubles. Sung in the lower range (strong)

Lyrics

SPANISH DAYS. Words & music © Chris J. Smith. May 2004

I?M SITTING IN THE OFFICE AND THE WORLD IS PASSING BY
I?M THINKING BOUT THE DAYS AND NIGHTS BENEATH THAT SPANISH SKY
I?M THINKING BOUT THE FRIENDS WE MADE AND THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND
THE DANGER IN THOSE SUNNY DAYS LIKE MARKERS IN MY MIND

THE LIGHTS GONE OUT IN GOYA?S EYES THE DEMONS CLOSING IN
AND EVEN NOW THOSE PAINTINGS TAKE ME WHERE I?VE NEVER BEEN
WE?VE BEEN TO SAN SEBASTION AND TO BARCELONA TOO
GOT ARRESTED AT THE BORDER BUT THEY FINALLY LET US THROUGH

THOSE WERE THE DAYS WE CAME FOR, THOSE WERE THE DAYS WE CRIED
THOSE WERE THE DAYS THAT INNOCENCE STILL TRAVELLED BY OUR SIDE
THEN WHEN THE BOMBS GOT CLOSER, THEN WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME
INNOCENCE WAS SWEPT AWAY AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN

THE SUNDAY EVENING BULLFIGHTS THE CARCAS TOWED AWAY
THE BUTCHERS BY THE PLAZA SELL THE REMNANTS OF THE DAY
THEN DOWN THE RIOS ROSAS FOR DINNER WITH A FRIEND
AND OVER WINE TO WONDER WILL THE CHAOS EVER END

THE BOMBS GONE OFF IN CITY STREETS THE FACES ETCHED IN LIGHT
AND TOURISTS SIT BY BURNING CARS AND STARE INTO THE NIGHT
WHEN GOYA PAINTED MADNESS WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT HE SAW
OF A PEOPLE BRED ON CONFLICT A COUNTRY RAISED ON WAR

THOSE WERE THE DAYS WE CAME FOR, THOSE WERE THE DAYS WE CRIED
THOSE WERE THE DAYS THAT INNOCENCE STILL TRAVELLED BY OUR SIDE
THEN WHEN THE BOMBS GOT CLOSER, THEN WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME
INNOCENCE WAS SWEPT AWAY AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN

WE DRIFTED THROUGH THE COUNTRY LIKE EAGLES ON THE BREEZE
WE MET A PEOPLE PROUD AND TRUE BUT WEATHERED BY DEGREES
FROM MADRID TO SALAMANCA, BARCELONA IN THE EAST
FROM THE COAST BELOW CESARES TO THE MIGHTY PYRENEES

NOW I?M SITTING IN THE OFFICE AND THE WORLD IS PASSING BY
I?M THINKING BOUT THE DAYS AND NIGHTS BENEATH THAT SPANISH SKY
I?M THINKING BOUT THE FRIENDS WE MADE AND THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND
THE DANGER IN THOSE SUNNY DAYS LIKE MARKERS IN MY MIND