Spanish Is The Loving Tongue

Strawbs - Spanish Is The Loving Tongue



Spanish is the loving tongue,

Soft as music, light as spring

Was a girl that I learned it from,

Living down Sonora way.



I don't look much like a lover,

But I say her love words over,

Mostly when I'm all alone

"Mi amor, mi corazón."



On the nights that I would ride

She would listen for my spurs,

Throw those big doors open wide,

and raise those laughing eyes of hers



How those hours get to flying

All too soon I'd hear her sighing

In her little sorry tone

"Mi amor, mi corazón."



I haven't seen her since that night

I can't cross the line you know

Want me for a gambling fight

Like as not, it's better so.



And Yet I've always sort of missed her

Since that last sad night that I kissed her

Lost my heart and left to roam

"Mi amor, mi corazón."