TALKING SPANISH IN MY SLEEP
© Bob Wright

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The first time that I saw her
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she was standing in the shade
of the only tree across the street
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from the bar I used to play
she was talking to a girl she knew
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and when I caught her eye
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she looked away but I could see
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her try to hide a smile

(Chorus)
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all it took was a passing glance
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and a hint of a grin
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pretty soon we were going out
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pretty soon she moved in
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her mama told me it wouldn’t work
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her Spanish blood ran too deep
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she finally left me and now I’m
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talking Spanish in my sleep



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she told me that her families land
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stretched for miles in the hills
way before any Anglos came
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they lived on it still
now they are all proud Americans
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but she always took care
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to say they came from Mexico
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when Mexico was still here

(Chorus)
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all it took was a passing glance
C
and a hint of a grin
G
pretty soon we were going out
C/C7
pretty soon she moved in
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her mama told me it wouldn’t work
C
her Spanish blood ran too deep
G
she finally left me and now I’m
C/G
talking Spanish in my sleep






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now I’m standing
underneath the shade
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of a tree down the street
from the church
that she was married in
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back a couple of weeks
I probably should go inside
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light a candle or two
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but I feel the neon calling me
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to stop by for a few

(Chorus)
F
all it took was a passing glance
C
and a hint of a grin
G
pretty soon we were going out
C/C7
pretty soon she moved in
F
her mama told me it wouldn’t work
C
her Spanish blood ran too deep
G
she finally left me and now I’m
C/G
talking Spanish in my sleep


Y ahora... en mis suenos... hablo espanol