Fernando

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Can you hear the drums fernando?
I remember long ago another starry 
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night like this
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In the firelight fernando
You were humming to yourself and 
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softly strumming your guitar
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I could hear the distant drums and 
sounds
Of bugle calls were coming from afar
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They were closer now fernando
Every hour, every minute seemed to 
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last eternally
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I was so afraid fernando
We were young and full of life and 
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none of us prepared to die
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And I'm not ashamed to say the roar 
of guns and cannons
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Almost made me cry

There was something in the air that 
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night
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The stars were bright, fernando
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They were shining there for you and
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 me, for liberty, fernando
Though we never thought that we 
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could lose, there's no regret
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando

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Now we're old and grey fernando
Since many years I haven't seen a 
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rifle in your hand
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Can you hear the drums fernando?
Do you still recall the fateful 
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night we crossed the rio grande?
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I can see it in your eyes how proud 
you were to fight
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For freedom in this land

There was something in the air that 
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night
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The stars were bright, fernando
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They were shining there for you and
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 me, for liberty, fernando
Though we never thought that we 
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could lose, there's no regret
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando

There was something in the air that 
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night
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The stars were bright, fernando
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They were shining there for you and
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 me, for liberty, fernando
Though we never thought that we 
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could lose, there's no regret
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando
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If I had to do the same again, I 
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would, my friend, fernando