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This city is silver in the moon
And mountains heaped with sugar spoons
The click and clatter of my feet
On lonely crooked cobbled streets
Like castanets
Down past the window shutter tie
The hollow of a haunted night
It's raining now out on the beach
The chitter-chatter of my teeth
Like Castanets
I'm following the coffee trail
And drink it black and by the bail
The pesos turn to paper cups
My fingers tremble at the touch
Like castanets
Across the Mapocho
Santa Lucia
Barrio Bella vista
San Cristobal
Across the Mapocho
La Moneda
La Casa de Neruda
And on the cable car I climb
Up to the sacred virgin shrine
This city's smothered in the smog
The snippy-snap of wild dogs
Like Castanets
Tomorrow is Assumption Day
I ask them what they celebrate
Daniello says he can't explain
But he'll be clappin' anyway
Like Castanets
Ohh…Like Castanets
And mountains heaped with sugar spoons
The click and clatter of my feet
On lonely crooked cobbled streets
Like castanets
Down past the window shutter tie
The hollow of a haunted night
It's raining now out on the beach
The chitter-chatter of my teeth
Like Castanets
I'm following the coffee trail
And drink it black and by the bail
The pesos turn to paper cups
My fingers tremble at the touch
Like castanets
Across the Mapocho
Santa Lucia
Barrio Bella vista
San Cristobal
Across the Mapocho
La Moneda
La Casa de Neruda
And on the cable car I climb
Up to the sacred virgin shrine
This city's smothered in the smog
The snippy-snap of wild dogs
Like Castanets
Tomorrow is Assumption Day
I ask them what they celebrate
Daniello says he can't explain
But he'll be clappin' anyway
Like Castanets
Ohh…Like Castanets
Lyrics submitted by doppelkeks
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LOVE this song, though after hearing live versions of this song i believe these are the lyrics, not too different from the original posted:
"This city is silver in the moon The mountains heaped with sugar spoons The click and clatter of my feet Along the crooked cobbled streets Like castanets
Down past the window shuttered tight The hollow of a haunted night It's raining now out on the beach The chitter-chatter of my teeth Like Castanets
I'm following the coffee trail I drink it black and by the bail The pesos turn to paper cups My fingers tremble at the touch Like castanets
Across the Mapocho Santa Lucia Barrio Bella vista San Cristobal Across the Mapocho La Moneda La Casa de Neruda
And on the cable car I climb Up to the sacred virgin shrine This city's smothered in the smog The snippy-snap of wild dogs Like Castanets
Tomorrow is Assumption Day I ask just what they celebrate Daniello says he can't explain But he'll be clappin' anyway Like Castanets
Ohh…Like Castanets"