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Written: ????
Released: 2001 on
'The Ballad Of Ruben Garcia'
Notes: Inspired by a story by the French
author Marguerite Duras, 'Ten Thirty on a Summer's
Evening'. The murderer in her book is called Rodrigo
Paestra, and originally I had used the same name in
my song, but decided to change it as my story is different
to hers. Ruben Garcia was a friend of mine when I lived
in France, so I used his name instead. You can see a
picture of him on the gallery page.
The midday sun burns white
A seeting weight of heat
Drips across the silent rooves
And lies thick in the street
Everyone sweats and sleeps
And all but for a child
Crying in the savage heat
Is quiet and nothing moves
And in the market square
Alone a dog lies panting there
Abandoned to the sun
And outside the town
Down by the little stream
Hidden by the willow trees
A body sways in the breeze
Oh and his eyes still stare
Though his bloodied hands are cold
And all is quiet on the slope
Save the creaking of the rope
The rope that hangs Ruben Garcia
The rope that offers him to the sun
While at home his wife lies in bed
With a lover beside her and blood on her head
And you killed her Ruben Garcia
For some boneless affair for some fillet of love
I know you loved her Ruben Garcia
But did you really think that could ever be enough?