Spanish Blood
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys
Identities crisscrossing into a masquerade
Who do you think you are
Is this a mass charade
Another taste of life
Another Mardi Gras
What did you have to do
For it to get this far
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
You pass on black for white
Now who do you think you are
You say you're Spanish
But how'd you let it to
Passing in a lighter shade
Passing in a silent parade
Passing like ships in the night
Passing and pretending you're white
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
Say you're Spanish, yeah yeah yeah yeah, say
you're Spanish blood
You say you're Spanish, you say you're
Spanish blood
Father comes from Harlem
And your mother's name is Rosebud
She wants you to be white
But it's not your natural race
She says times are hard, and tough tough
tough
You could pass with a lighter face
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
Passing in a lighter shade
Passing in a silent parade
Passing like ships in the night
Passing and pretending you're white
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
Say you're Spanish, say you're Spanish blood
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