| Sun Kil Moon – Salvador Sanchez Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think the problem is that the lyrics as printed here are very wrong in spots. I listened over and over to the acoustic version on the second CD of "Ghosts," the "Pancho Villa" version at the end, and the electric "Salvador Sanchez," and I have some lyrics that will make sense, given where these boxers come from. It also shows a basic structure to the song: two verses for each fighter, first one introducing the fighter and the second one mourning the loss. First, in the fourth verse, it should read: Ghosts of the Philippines Choirs and angels sing Ukelele strings play for his legend Iloilo King There is a Filipino boxer named (Ceslo) Gozo, but he's not dead and never really won consistently. Iloilo is a town that Pancho Villa, also Filipino, moved to right before he started fighting. The other bum verse in this transcription is the final one. It should read: Eyes of Las Villas (instead of Los Rios) Paret was from the city of Santa Clara in a region of Cuba that is called Las Villas. It's tough to hear what Kozelek is singing, but man I've listened to this song about a hundred times, first just basking in it and then trying to figure out what the hell it meant. That has to be the sign of a great song, and I'm still not sick of it. |
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