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Pancho Villa Lyrics
Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished
Only twenty-three with so much speed
Owning the highway
Mexico City bred so many
But none quite like him sweet warrior
Pure magic matador
Pancho Villa would never rest
'Til 1925 he closed his eyes
'Til Manilla stars would rise
Gozo of the Phillipines, choirs and angels sing
Ukelele strings play for his legend
Italy had a king
How have they gone
Fell by leather
So alone
Bound together
Benny "kid" Paret came a good way
Climbed to the grey sky to raise his hands
Stopped by the better man
Eyes of Los Rios cry for suns
Lost on distant shores, unforeseen horrors
Struck and delivered him
How have they gone
Fell by leather
So alone
Bound together
Why have they gone
Fell by leather
So alone
All bound together
Only twenty-three with so much speed
Owning the highway
But none quite like him sweet warrior
Pure magic matador
'Til 1925 he closed his eyes
'Til Manilla stars would rise
Ukelele strings play for his legend
Italy had a king
Fell by leather
So alone
Bound together
Climbed to the grey sky to raise his hands
Stopped by the better man
Lost on distant shores, unforeseen horrors
Struck and delivered him
Fell by leather
So alone
Bound together
Fell by leather
So alone
All bound together
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Surprised there are no comments on this song. One of Mark's best. It seems to just be about boxers that died too young. He really seems to love boxing.
Pancho villa, he fought a Total of 104 fightswinning 92 of it, never knocked out his entire career.. some of his defeats were questioned.. he also knocked out jimmy wilde. and he was only 23 when he died, imagine 104 fights and just 23.. could have doubled that.. prolly the best boxer ever that came from asia.. (better than pac i think, for now)
Kozolek sings about four boxers in the songs of "Ghosts of the Great Highway." The recording is melancholy and meditative and I think it summons recollections of driving great distances and day dreaming on subjects that captivate the songwriter. Pancho Villa like Salvador Sanchez, Benny Paret and Duk Koo Kim died young. All four were dead before they were 25. Paret and Duk Koo Kim died in the ring or shortly after sustaining catastrophic injuries in now legendary bouts. Villa died from a combination of dental surgery anesthetic, ensuing infection following a drinking bout with friends and then fighting despite his condition. Sanchez is the one who did not die due to injury in the ring. Kozolek is singing about courage, loss, memory and the death of warriors. He's a poet and these songs carry meanings the differ depending on the listener.