From the recording Road Of The Braver Man
Lyrics
FROM THE POOREST STREETS OF URUGUAY,TO THE SHORES OF THIS GREAT LAND. SMALL MAN WITH A BIG HEART, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. PENNILESS BUT SMILING, STUCK DOWN ON HAUGHTON RD. OFFERED ME A PLACE TO BE, A FAMILY AND A HOME.
MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND. MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU. MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIFE.
NOW YOU CAN WASH YOUR FACE IN SALT WATER, TO TOUGHEN UP YOUR SKIN. BUT IT WON’T HIDE THOSE CUTS DEEP INSIDE, BUT HEY A FIGHTER DON’T GIVE IN. SO HIDE THOSE SCARS BEHIND DARK SUNGLASSES, EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. AND TAKE A BOW AND SMILE MY BOY, IT AIN’T YOUR BLOOD UPON HIS SHIRT.
MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND. MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU. MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT.
WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU’RE GETTING. AND ALL THESE BAGS YOU KEEP ARE WORTH FORGETTING. SO I’LL BURY YOU IN THIS BLANKET NOW AND YOU CAN SWEAT IT OUT HERE.
STILL YOU’RE TALKIN’ SPANISH, ROUND THIS TABLE OF OLD FRIENDS. HEY MALIKO’, THE BOYS DROVE BY AGAIN. SO FEED ME UP WITH A LEMON NOW, TO KEEP ME MEAN AND THIN. AND WRAP MY HANDS IN THOSE SPECIAL BANDAGES, YOUR MOTHER JUST SENT IN.
MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND. MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU. MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIFE.