Charlie Daniels Band, The - El Toreador Lyrics






He was nobly born
And a Spanish bull's horn
Had left one scar on his handsome face

He stood like a prince
And he had ever since
He had grandly walked into the place

Though the girls of Madrid
Tonight were forbid
For tomorrow he must fight once more

Before he left the ball
He would dance with them all
'Cause he was El Toreador

The day of the feast
Was just a light in the east
When he left Maria's warm bed

Her dark eyes said "more"
But he walked thru the door
Shaking cobwebs of dreams from his head

And later that day
As he knelt to pray
He said God grant me this nothing more

If it is the way
And I must die today
Let me die like a Toreador

The Plaza del Toros
Shook from the roar
As the band played the Toreador's theme

Alarmed by the sound
The bull paws the ground
As the Toreador enters the ring

Up and down,
Round and round
On and on, all alone

The shouts of olé
In the heat of the day
Rushed the hot blood to his Spanish heart

And the crowd held their breath
As he flirted with death
And the bull fighter's sword found it's mark

And trying to hide
The wound in his side
He walked from the ring standing tall

And a crowd gathered round
As he fell to the ground
A priest held his hand
Where he lay in the sand
And he was heard to say
A brave bull died today
But he died like a Toreador





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  1. Z.... U....

    This the most under rated of Charlie's songs.

  2. T.... M....

    A song about an animal torturer getting what he deserves.

    T.... M....

    And in my family, I'll probably get it.

    T.... M....

    Stephen Norton - Have you ever seen an actual bullfight? Mounted bullfighters, called "picadores", stick long spears in the bull's neck to make it charge with its head lowered. Watch a bullfight video. Those long poles sticking out from the bloody mess of the bull's neck are _lances, _*_stabbed_* deep in its neck muscles. The matador then taunts the wounded, bleeding and increasingly exhausted animal until the crowd has their fill or it can continue no longer and then dispatches the poor, wretched beast with a sword. It _IS absolutely_ torture, by any definition! And for _what?_ To satiate the crowd's savage blood lust. It's a shameful, barbaric monument to humankind's appalling capacity for cruelty _for its own sake._

    T.... M....

    John Atonson - Jesus fucking Christ! What the fuck is _wrong with you_ that you can't see how _horrible_ and _evil_ what you said there is?

    You hope a million bulls _die in pain_ just to _upset_ someone *_because_* of the very fact that they are _against_ bulls dying in pain!
    You are a fucking _monster!_

    T.... M....

    Oh shut up, you liberal idiot. Go eat a salad. I bet you hate rodeos too.

    T.... M....

    @Adrian Miller Yes, and dog/cockfighting

  3. J.... J....

    I had this album on cassette. I still love this jam.

    J.... J....

    Me too... My parents bought this for me for Christmas,in the early 80's. Love them for that!

  4. C.... ....

    brilliant song

  5. A.... M....

    Such an awesome tune. Loved it the first time I heard it.

  6. B.... S....

    I remember playing this on the 8 track. Thank you

    B.... S....

    Brenus Shaman: Have the 8 track in storage.