| On Sundays the bulls get so bored
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| When they’re asked to show off for us
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| There is the sun, the sand, and the arena
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| There are the bulls ready to bleed for us
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| It’s time when grocery clerks
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| Become Don Juan
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| And all the ugly girls
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| Turn into swans
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| Who can say what he’s found
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| That bull who turns and paws the ground
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| And suddenly he sees himself all nude
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| Who can say what he dreams
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| That bull who hears the silent screams
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| From the open mouths of multitudes
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| On Sundays the bulls get so bored
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| When they’re asked to suffer for us
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| There are the picadors and the mobs revenge
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| There are the toreros and the mob’s revenge
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| There are the toreros — and the mob kneels for us
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| It’s time when grocery clerks
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| Become Garcia-Lorca
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| And the girls put the roses in their teeth
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| Like Carmen
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| On Sundays the bulls get so bored
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| When they’re asked to drop dead for us
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| The sword will plunge down
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| And the mob will drool
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| The blood will poor down
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| And turn the sand to mud
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| It’s time when grocery clerks
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| Become Nero
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| And the girls scream
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| And shout the name of their hero
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| And when finally they fell
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| Did the bulls dream of a hell
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| Where men and worn out matadors
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| Still burn
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| And perhaps with their last breath
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| Would they pardon us their death
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| Knowing what we did at
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| Carthage, Waterloo, Verdon, Stalingrad, Iwoa Jima, Hiroshima, Saigon |